Organizing the Practice Environment Flashcards
Blocked practice
learner practices one variation in a skill for a given period then moves to another.
Random practice
learner practices skill variations in random order
Blocked or Random:
superior skill performance
Blocked
Blocked or Random:
Superior learning and/or transfer of a skill
Random
Blocked or Random:
Requires higher level problem solving
Random
Blocked or Random:
Better when learner is inexperienced
Blocked
Distributed Practice
Time resting between practice attempts > time engaged in practice of skill
Massed Practice
Time engaged in practice of a skill»_space; time resting between practice
Benefits to physical guidance learning a new skill
positive effect on early performance of new and complex movement
Drawbacks to physical guidance learning a new skill
May produce undesirable dependence
Learner fails to develop error detection
Key: know when to remove support
Part-Task
Nature of the skill- More complex but individual parts can be put together
Whole-Task
Less complex but highly organized in terms of component parts
Segmentation
practice parts separately until successful, then combine into whole task
Simplification
various aspects of the skill and/or environment are simplified
Fractionization
2 or more components of the skill normally performed simultaneously are practice in isolation
