module 5 pt 2

Performance curves (Shape)

Shows us how learning is going

Performance curves (Rate)

Shows us the slope which is how steep we are learning

Law of practice

Changes in performance during early practice are large compared to as practice continues the amount of improvement decreases

Over learning

The practice of continuing to study or rehearse a skill or material after you have already achieved initial mastery.

automatic

Deliberate practice

Individualized

Effortful

Highly structured and monitored to individual

Directed to extrinsic goals rather than immediate rewards

Motivated by desire to improve skill performance long term

Structured practice

Group

Motivated by desire to improve skill performance in short term and other motivational factors

Structured but directed at a group

Correction provided by instructor sporadically and by self discovery methods

Play

Intrinsically motivated

Not based on outcomes

Show variation between sessions

Practice

Synonymous with acquisition

Optimal learning

Best to evaluate during retention &tranfer

Involves formal instruction like verbal and visual demonstrations.

Verbal instructions

Amount of information

Precision of information

Verbal cues

Visual Demonstration

1. Skill level

Elite/ expert model vs learning/ beginner model

2. Similarity to observer

Just better than current level

Most effective viewing position- close distance to hear both verbal and visual