Week 3

Question 1

What are the motor learning principles?

Answer 1

1. Interest
2. Practice
3. Feedback
4. Transferability

Question 2

What is the motor learning principle: Interest?

Answer 2

Client’s mindset will determine for the most part the amount and what kind of learning will take place.

–> Keeping in mind that the patient needs to have the desire to learn the new skill, determines the type and amount of learning that will take place

Question 3

What is the motor learning principle: Practice

Answer 3

2 different types:
1) Blocked: same motor skill, repeated
2) Random: different tasks, random order

–> Facilitates retention: random

Depending on what the skill is and how complex the skill is determines the amount of time that goes into learning it

Question 4

What is the motor learning principle: Feedback

Answer 4

Descriptive: describe what you saw

Prescriptive: offering a solution

Dialogue: asking questions to engage the patient into thinking about the transfer (or what you’re doing), what would you do differently?

constant praise is not helpful

Question 5

“I see that you did not control your descent.” What type of feedback is this

Answer 5

Descriptive

Question 6

What is the motor learning principle: Transferability

Answer 6

Generalize learning from one context to another

Practice conditions should match the conditions in which the motor skill is going to be used.

Question 7

What are the 3 Motor learning STAGES?

Answer 7

1) Cognitive
2) Associative
3) Autonomous

Question 8

What is the motor learning stage 1: Cognitive?

Answer 8

• Skill acquisition- large gains
• The client understands the idea of the movement but has not yet learned it.
• Lots of errors, inconsistent performance.
• Type of practice: Blocked - Be creative to engage client
• Feedback: High frequency during prescriptive and dialog

Question 9

What is the motor learning stage 2: Associative

Answer 9

• Skill refinement- smaller gains
• Client’s performance is improved, with less, and smaller errors
• Nuanced adjustments, tweaks to improve performance
• Type of practice: Random
• Feedback: Less often, whole task to target

Question 10

What is the motor learning stage 3: Autonomous

Answer 10

• Skill retention- automatic and little thinking
• Goal is to retain the skill and transfer the skill to different settings
• Type of practice: Most random
• Feedback: Even less feedback

Question 11

What are the 4 ‘Effective Teaching Strategies?”

Answer 11

1: Preparation
–> Select your teaching method
–>Preparation of environment

2: Demonstration
–> Demonstrate, give verbal instructions

3: Return demonstration
–> Client practices– feedback is given – keep practicing until client performs correctly
–> ‘’Just right challenge’’

4: Follow-up
–> Check in regularly, taper off involvement, check in occasionally