Lecture 10 - CoMo

Question 1

2 scientific designs

Answer 1

Test the expert (expert-performance approach)

Test the novice (traditional laboratory research)

Question 2

Mechanism of traditional lab research

Answer 2

With novices
Teach something
You see directly the underlying mechanisms

Question 3

Mechanism of expert-performance approach

Answer 3

Having a controlled environment (Can still be difficult to produce a measure, e.g., how to you measure a playmaker)
What is the athlete consistently good at, deduce a mechanism (e.g., dunking)
Use the mechanism, design and then apply a drill, see if it correlates with expertise

Question 4

deliberative practice

Answer 4

practice dedicated to improvement under the guidance of a teacher

Effective learning requires the acquisition and refinement of mental representations that allow analysis, monitoring and problem solving to reach the higher levels of mastery.