Motor Learning Flashcards
Characteristics that impact learning a motor skill
Person
Task enviro
Initial stage of learning
Success inconsistent from trial to trail
Movement characteristics match regulatory conditions
Later stages of motor learning
Adapt movement patterns learned to meet situational demands
Consistent performance
Efficiency
Demonstration effective when
Motor task has many components that must be coordinated or sequenced in a way that is novel to the child
Novice learners may benefit from
Observing other novice learners as well
Learning is better with ______ verbal feedback
Externally focused
Practice variability
Multiple variations in a single session is more beneficial to learning than practicing separately
Practice session length and distribution
Shorter and more practice sessions preferred
Massed practice better for
Discrete skills
Reaching, grasping, ROM
Distributed practice better for
Continuous skills
Locomotion, cycling, swimming
With high complexity and organization the skills should be practiced
In parts before being practiced as a whole
-progressive part method: building onto first part when success is achieved
To reduce difficulty Modified version of who skill is performed
Reduce speed
Reduce difficulty of object that must be manipulated
Reduce attention demand
Mental practice
Most effective as prep just before physical practice of skill/activity
Children have ___feedback processing
Slower
Feedback better
When given every other child
