L15B: Whole vs Part Practice Flashcards

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What is Whole Practice?

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A practice strategy that involves practicing a skill in its entirety (i.e., as a whole)

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What is Part Practice?

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A practice strategy that involves practicing of a skill broken down into small units

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What is the Goal of
Part vs Whole Practice?

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Example of part practice

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  1. First learn the ball release (“snap the wrist”)
  2. Add a “wind-up” and finish with ball release
  3. Add full arm rotation and finish with ball release
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What are the Three reasons for breaking down whole skills
into smaller parts?

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  1. Efficiency in practice
  2. Ease of practice
  3. Good technique/prevent injury
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What is Efficiency in practice?

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Learner can spend more time mastering
difficult components of “whole task”.

Ex. Gymnast practicing just the dismount off the bars

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What is Ease of practice?

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Learner might not yet be capable of completing whole task.

Ex. Novice swimmer learning butterfly practices dolphin
kick independent of arm stroke

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What is Good technique/prevent injury?

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Learner has risk of injury without “correct” technique

*Ex. Pitcher in fastpitch makes sure they don’t overextend on the follow through

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When might part-practice be a useful
method for learning?

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  1. Task complexity
  • Low complexity (simple) → Whole
  • High complexity (difficult) → Part
  1. Interaction & timing b/w components (pause?)
  • High interaction (more connected/faster) → Whole
  • Low interaction (pause/slower) → Part
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Part/whole practice decisions interact with the type of skill
(but dependent on timing/interaction between components)

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Should I do part practice? Here are some general questioning guides…

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Summary for part-whole practice

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