Motor Development and Learning
hanie akbarabadi; Davoud Fazeli; parvaneh Shamsipour
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of differential training and contextual interference on learning and mental representation of the golf shot.
. Fifty female students with an age range of 20-35, were purposefully selected. Participants were randomly divided into five groups: ...
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of differential training and contextual interference on learning and mental representation of the golf shot.
. Fifty female students with an age range of 20-35, were purposefully selected. Participants were randomly divided into five groups: random differential learning, blocked differential learning, random contextual interference, blocked contextual interference, and control. Standard golf balls and sticks, circular targets with a diameter of 11 cm on a grass field with dimensions of 9 x 4 meters, and mental representation measurement software were used to carry out the task. In the pre-test, the subjects performed the task of measuring mental representation and took 15 golf shots from a distance of 3 meters. During the acquisition phase of 12 blocks, participants made 15 attempts in accordance with the educational instructions related to their groups. 24 hours after the acquisition session, they participated in a memory test under similar conditions to the pre-test
.Results
The results showed that the performance of the random differential group was significantly different from the other groups and performed weaker than them (P=0.001). In the retention test, the random differential and random contextual interference groups had higher accuracy than the blocked differential and blocked contextual interference groups (P=0.001). However, in the transfer test, the differential learning groups performed more accurately than all the groups. There was a significant change in mental representation in memory in the random differential group compared to the pre-test (P=0.001).
Sepehr Ferdousi; Mahdi Shahbazi; Elahe Arabameri
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Introduction: The purpose of present study was to test the effect of contextual interference and self-regulation on the transfer of volleyball services (underhand and windmill service).Methods: Participants were 39 male students (20-25 years old) were randomly assigned to one of three groups (blocked, ...
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Introduction: The purpose of present study was to test the effect of contextual interference and self-regulation on the transfer of volleyball services (underhand and windmill service).Methods: Participants were 39 male students (20-25 years old) were randomly assigned to one of three groups (blocked, random and self-regulation) and performed total of 40 trials of volleyball service each session (6 sessions). The blocked group practiced 40 trials of one service each session but the random group randomly practiced both services. In self-regulated group, the type of services in each session was determined by subjects. The transfer test was conducted one week after practice period in 5 trials. In order to analyze the data, the one-way analysis of variance and the Tukey’s post hoc tests were used.Results: The comparison between the pre-test and transfer test showed that the difference between blocked and random groups was not statically significant. The self-regulation group had higher transfer scores compared to blocked and random groups.Conclusion: The results of present work support the contexuual interference affect but it’s not significant. Self-regulated practices involve the subjects in learning processes. Also, with his method, they participate more activity in determining the characteristics of the exercise. These factors lead to the improvement of learning and better performance.
Hamid Salehi; Somayeh Shahdousti; Mehdi Rafaei Boroujeni; Maryam Nezakatalhosaini
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To create more efficient learning environments, the learner’s role and his/her influence on the learning process should be considered. The aim of this study was to determine the way self-controlled practice affected performance and learning of motor patterns. 60 female undergraduate students (mean ...
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To create more efficient learning environments, the learner’s role and his/her influence on the learning process should be considered. The aim of this study was to determine the way self-controlled practice affected performance and learning of motor patterns. 60 female undergraduate students (mean age = 20.73 yr., SD = 2.98) were randomly assigned to four groups that ordered self-controlled practice or three yoked-to-self-controlled. In the acquisition phase, the self-controlled group was told they could choose whichever of three motor patterns they wanted before they practiced each trial. Each self-controlled participant’s practice schedule was served as the predetermined practice schedule for each corresponding participant in the yoked control groups. The yoked control participants practiced the tasks with high, low, or no (classic yoked-control) variability. The results showed that the self-controlled group performed the tasks faster than the other yoked control groups in both the acquisition phase and the retention tests. The findings suggest that if the learners are allowed to choose the sequence of practice in multiple motor skills, this would have facilitating effects on their performance and motor learning.
Hamid Salehi; Zahra Zamanpour Boroujeni
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This study examined the effects of practice scheduling and attentional focus on learning a sport skill. 40 female high school students (mean age = 16.02 ± 0.88 years) practiced dart-throwing skill under either blocked or random practice schedules while their attention was directed ...
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This study examined the effects of practice scheduling and attentional focus on learning a sport skill. 40 female high school students (mean age = 16.02 ± 0.88 years) practiced dart-throwing skill under either blocked or random practice schedules while their attention was directed to either the skill (dart scores) or an irrelevant cue (auditory tones) using dual-tasks. Analysis of variance were conducted at baseline, practice phase and a delayed transfer test. Results demonstrated a significant score improvement from baseline to delayed transfer test for all groups. Furthermore, the greatest improvement from baseline to delayed transfer test was observed in random-irrelevant condition compared with the other conditions. In conclusion, the current study provided new information about the interactive relationship between practice scheduling and attentional focus during learning a sport skill.
Hanieh Mohammadi; Shahzad Tahmasebi Boroujeni; Jamal Fazel Kalkhoran
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of contextual interference on balance of mentally retarded people. For this purpose, 40 educable and mentally retarded boys in Qazvin city (mean age 24.45 ± 3.120) were randomly divided into two groups: blocked and random practice. After ...
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of contextual interference on balance of mentally retarded people. For this purpose, 40 educable and mentally retarded boys in Qazvin city (mean age 24.45 ± 3.120) were randomly divided into two groups: blocked and random practice. After the pretest, given their practice arrangement, subjects in each group performed their workout for 4 weeks (3 sessions per week) as the acquisition phase. Acquisition test was conducted in the last session, and then retention and transfer tests were performed after 48 hours. After Kolmogorov-Smirnov test verified normal data distribution and Leven test examined the homogeneity of variances, analysis of variance with repeated measures showed that the intervention was effective and the groups significantly improved (P=0.0005). The results of the independent t test (to compare two groups in static balance) showed that random practice group performed better in retention test (P=0.007) whereas no significant differences were observed between the groups in transfer test (P=0.061). In addition, dynamic balance results showed that random practice group performed better than the blocked practice group and it had a significant difference in retention and transfer tests (respectively P=0.001, P=0.002). So, mentally retarded people can use the beneficial effects of random practice.
Saeed Nazari; Rasool Hemayattalab; Mahmood Sheikh; Morteza Homayounnia
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This study aimed at investigating the effect of blocked, incremental systematic and random contextual interferences on acquisition, retention and transfer of volleyball skills based on changes in a generalized motor program. In fact, this study was conducted to answer this question that whether regular ...
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This study aimed at investigating the effect of blocked, incremental systematic and random contextual interferences on acquisition, retention and transfer of volleyball skills based on changes in a generalized motor program. In fact, this study was conducted to answer this question that whether regular increment of contextual interference level is more effective on learning volleyball service skill than blocked or random practice schedules. 30 students (mean age 23±4 yr, 3 groups and each 10 subjects) participated in this study. The groups were different in practices of the three services. Subjects performed simple, overhead and single arm skills from a distance (9 m from the volleyball net) with different practices. Each participant practiced 108 trials of each service, totally 324 trials during 9 sessions (each session 36 trials). The results indicated that incremental practice resulted in a better performance in retention and transfer tests than blocked and random practices (P˂0.05). In general, it was suggested that the practice should be scheduled so that it can start from low interference and gradually and systematically continues towards high interference in order to facilitate learning of several generalized motor skills.
Mahmoud Sheikh
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This research was performed to compare the effect of various levels of contextual interference (blocked, random and increasing practice schedules) on acquisition, retention and transfer of movement time error and cursor error in a complex motor – perceptual task. For this purpose, 30 female students ...
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This research was performed to compare the effect of various levels of contextual interference (blocked, random and increasing practice schedules) on acquisition, retention and transfer of movement time error and cursor error in a complex motor – perceptual task. For this purpose, 30 female students (age range of 11 – 13 years) participated in a pretest (3 parts of 12 trials) and based on their pretest scores, they were divided into 3 homogeneous groups: blocked, random and increasing. The participants performed the guidance and click by mouse tasks in accordance with their groups. 4 days after the pretest, the participants performed 288 trials (12 trials in 18 parts) in the acquisition phase and after 24 hours, they participated in retention and transfer phases (12 trials in 3 parts). Movement time error (MTE) and cursor error (CU) were analyzed separately for acquisition, retention and transfer phases by analysis of variance 3×4 and Tukey post hoc test. The result showed a significant difference (P=0.00) in the movement time error between the acquisition phases with confidence level of 99%, but there was no significant difference (P=0.29) in the cursor error. Also, there was no significant difference among the three groups in the acquisition, retention and transfer.
Aioob Sabaghi; Naser Behpoor; Ali Heirani
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This study aimed at investigating the effect of the type of feedback and practice on the acquisition of parameter index. For this purpose, 8 groups (each 12 subjects) were formed: constant practice group with self–controlled feedback, constant practice group with yoked feedback (yoked group), blocked ...
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This study aimed at investigating the effect of the type of feedback and practice on the acquisition of parameter index. For this purpose, 8 groups (each 12 subjects) were formed: constant practice group with self–controlled feedback, constant practice group with yoked feedback (yoked group), blocked practice group with self–controlled feedback, blocked practice group with yoked feedback, random practice group with self–controlled feedback, random practice group with yoked feedback, serial practice group with self–controlled feedback and serial practice group with yoked feedback. The subjects threw towards a circle drawn on the ground with closed eyes from a 3m distance with the score range from 10 to 100 (failing to throw in the circle meant no score). The data were analyzed using mixed factorial analysis of variance and one-way analysis of variance (P<0.05). In the retention test, the self–controlled feedback prioritized the yoked feedback (P<0.05); however, the effect of practice type was not observed (P>0.05), that is, there was no difference between practice in contextual interference condition and practice in constant condition. The results observed in the transfer test were contrary to those observed in retention test, that is, the effect of feedback type was not observed (P>0.05). The results also showed that the children did not reach the final stage of self-regulation (i.e. generalization) while the effect of practice type was observed (P<0.05) and the practice groups in contextual interference condition were superior. Also, there was no statistically significant difference among practice groups in contextual interference condition (i.e. blocked, serial and random practice groups) in all acquisition stages. Overall, this study showed the beneficial effect of self–controlled feedback in the retention test and practice in contextual interference condition in the transfer test in children. As there was no difference among practice groups in contextual interference condition, the present results confirmed Magill and Hall's (1990) second hypothesis, because the effect of contextual interference was not observed in a similar motor program.
Roza Rahavi; Masoumeh Shojaei; Zahra Estiri; Hasan Naghizadeh
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Contextual interference is one of the instructional methods for several skills.The aim of this research was to determine the effects of interference beforeperformance and interference during performance on the acquisition and retentionof generalized motor program and parameter in basketball skills with ...
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Contextual interference is one of the instructional methods for several skills.The aim of this research was to determine the effects of interference beforeperformance and interference during performance on the acquisition and retentionof generalized motor program and parameter in basketball skills with an emphasison the examination of contextual interference hypotheses and self-regulationlearning theories. In interference before performance, self-practice schedules isgenerated (self-regulation effect) and interference during performance,experimenter-imposed practice schedule is generated (contextual interferenceeffect). For this purpose, 120 students of Yazd University (age range 19-21 yearsold) who had no prior experience in basketball skills volunteered to participate inthis study. Participants were randomly assigned to 10 groups (each 12 subjects); 5groups practiced with generalized motor program (dribble, chest pass and freethrow skills) and 5 groups practiced with parameter (free throw from differentdistances) in practice schedules (blocked, random, serial, self-regulated and yokedto self-regulated). To collect data, throw and pass test (AAHPERD basketball test)and dribble test (Johnson basketball test) were used. After the pretest, in theacquisition phase, subjects took part in 5 training sessions including 45 trails persession (15 trails each block) for 5 days. After 48 hours, they participated inretention test with 15 trails (5 trials each task). The data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA, factor analysis of variance with repeated measures, LSD and Duncanpost hoc tests. Results showed a significant difference among practice schedules inacquisition and retention phases of generalized motor program, that is, the effect ofcontextual interference was observed in this program (p<0.05). Also, there was asignificant difference among the schedules in acquisition and retention phases ofparameter, that is, controlling the design of practice has a positive effect onlearning (p<0.05). Thus, the results suggested that during learning process, theeffect of interference before performance was more important than duringperformance.
Shiler Ghasem Karimi; Hasan Mohammadzadeh Jahatlo; Fateme Hosseni
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Contextual Interference is defined as interference in performance and learning that arise from practicing one task in the context of other tasks. Transitional practice is a kind of practice sequence that starts out with trials of large blocks; then moves to smaller random blocks, and eventually finishes ...
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Contextual Interference is defined as interference in performance and learning that arise from practicing one task in the context of other tasks. Transitional practice is a kind of practice sequence that starts out with trials of large blocks; then moves to smaller random blocks, and eventually finishes with complete randomization. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ‘transitional practice schedule’ on contextual interference in learning three badminton skills. The research was quasi-experimental with three experimental groups. The subjects were 30 female students of physical education (age: 19±1.3) from Urmia University who voluntarily participated in the study. They practiced three badminton skills (long service, forehand toss and backhand toss strokes) for ten sessions. In each session, each subject practiced 15 trials for each skill and totally 45 trials. The blocked group practiced in a blocked format. The random group practiced all three skills randomly in a way that no two similar skills would be repeated one after the other in each sequence. The transitional practice group practiced the first three sessions in a blocked format, the next three sessions with five random trials, the next three sessions with three random trials and the last session in an entirely random format. The groups' performances were recorded in each session. After the ten sessions, the immediate retention test and after 48 hours with no practice, the delayed retention test was conducted. The data were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance with repeated measures (ANOVA). The results showed that in the acquisition stage, group differences were not significant (p=0.48), but the mutual reaction (practice sessions x groups) was significant (p=0.001). In immediate retention test, only the difference between the block and random groups was significant (p=0.005) and the blocked group performed better than the random group. In delayed retention test, both random and transitional groups performed significantly better than the block group (p=0.001). Transitional group performed better than the random group and this difference was significant (p=0.043).
Roza Rahavi; Zahra Estiri
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The aim of this research was to determine the effect of contextual interference derived from self-regulation practice with regard to type of task on acquisition and retention of tracking tasks with an emphasis on meta-cognition hypotheses (cognition and meta-cognition phenomena). For this purpose, 24 ...
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The aim of this research was to determine the effect of contextual interference derived from self-regulation practice with regard to type of task on acquisition and retention of tracking tasks with an emphasis on meta-cognition hypotheses (cognition and meta-cognition phenomena). For this purpose, 24 right handed male and female students of Yazd University (mean age: 22± 1.7) were selected via self-regulation questionnaire as high self-regulated subjects. They were randomly assigned to two different groups: simple tracking (n=12) or complex tracking (n=12). The method was quasi-experimental. The tracking tasks used in this study were designed by software whose aim was tracking with highest speed and lowest error. The movement time and movement error (click) as well as the number of pattern switches were assigned as scores in different groups. The subjects practiced 8 blocks of 16 trails per session; then, they participated one block of 16 trials in the immediate and delayed (after 72 hours) retention phases. The data were analyzed by ANOVA with repeated measures and t test in acquisition phase and retention tests. Results showed no significant difference between the two groups in two types of tasks in acquisition and immediate and delayed retention phases of movement time. A significant difference was observed in movement error in the acquisition phase (P<0.05) while this difference was not observed in immediate and delayed retention phases. There was a significant difference between the groups in the two types of tasks in the acquisition phase of the number of pattern switches, that is, the complex tracking group asked for lower number of pattern switches. Also, t test results showed a significant difference between the first and eighth block of simple tracking task to compare the number of pattern switches while no significant difference was observed in the complex tracking task. Thus, the finding suggested that self-regulated subjects with a perception of task complexity created levels of contextual interference and then reduced it through continuing the practice.
Alireza Farsi; Behrooz Abdoli; Mohammadreza Gasemian
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The aim of this study was to compare the effects of random and blocked practices with respect to the changes in generalized motor program (GMP) and parameter on acquisition, retention and transfer of table tennis service. For this purpose, 32 subjects were randomly assigned to four groups (8 ...
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The aim of this study was to compare the effects of random and blocked practices with respect to the changes in generalized motor program (GMP) and parameter on acquisition, retention and transfer of table tennis service. For this purpose, 32 subjects were randomly assigned to four groups (8 subjects each group). In the first two groups, GMP changed with blocked and random arrangements while in the last two groups, parameter changed with those arrangements. After pretest, participants completed 300 trials in each task (totally 900 trials) and then they participated in posttest, retention and two transfer tests with different aims. The data were analyzed by two-way ANOVA and ANOVA with repeated measures (P˂0.05) and Bonferroni post hoc test was used to mark the differences of the groups. The findings showed that despite the type of changes, the random practice caused better performance than blocked practice and these advantages of random practice in GMP changes were greater. However, these effects not only were observed in the same situation but also were maintained in other contexts. In addition, these effects not only influenced performance but also caused the participants to perform the tasks with more efficiency, more cognitive effort and less attention.
Jamal Fazel; Morteza Homayoun; Amir Shariati
Volume 2, Issue 3 , October 2010
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The aim of the current study was to investigate three volleyball skills in three training conditions of blocked, random and serial to reveal their effects in three phases of acquisition, retention and transfer. 60 amateur male students (mean age = 21.5 years, SD= 1.2) were voluntarily selected and randomly ...
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The aim of the current study was to investigate three volleyball skills in three training conditions of blocked, random and serial to reveal their effects in three phases of acquisition, retention and transfer. 60 amateur male students (mean age = 21.5 years, SD= 1.2) were voluntarily selected and randomly divided into three training groups (blocked, random and serial). A pretest was used to match the subjects. In the acquisition phase, the subjects of each group repeated three skills of pass tiller, forearm pass and overhead service for 378 times for 9 sessions. In three sessions in the training phase, 45 acquisition tests were completed. 48 and 72 hours after the last session, subjects participated respectively in 15 retention and transfer tests. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Tukey post hoc test were used to analyze data, to compare the means of pretest and tests in acquisition, retention and transfer phases of the three training methods. The results revealed a significant difference (P
Roza Rahavi; Mohammad ali Aslankhani; Behrooz Abdoli; AbdulWahab Vahabzade
Volume 1, Issue 2 , October 2009, , Pages 65-85
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of various scheduled practices (self-regulated and non-self-regulated) on the acquisition, retention and transfer of simple and complex tracking tasks. 96 right-handed undergraduate students (age rang: 18-24 years old) volunteered to participate ...
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of various scheduled practices (self-regulated and non-self-regulated) on the acquisition, retention and transfer of simple and complex tracking tasks. 96 right-handed undergraduate students (age rang: 18-24 years old) volunteered to participate in this study (48 females, 48 males). These students participated in physical education classes (1 & 2) in their first semester of 1387-88. Participants were assigned to one of eight different groups (n=12), which differed in types of tasks performed (simple tracking or complex tracking) and the practice schedule used (blocked, random, self-regulated, or yoked). The method was quasi-experimental. These tasks were designed as software and appeared on a computer monitor. The movement time and movement error (click) were assigned as scores in different groups. After the pretest, the subjects practiced 8 16-trial blocks in 2 sessions. 24 hours later, they participated in the retention and transfer tests. The data were analyzed by mixed factorial ANOVA and Bonferroni post hoc test. The results showed a significant difference between various scheduled practices and type of task in various stages of movement time (P
Rasoul Hemayat talab; Ali Moradi; Mohammad Reza Boroumand; Ruqiya Fakhrpour
Volume 1, Issue 3 , January 2009, , Pages 5-22
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The purpose of this research was to compare block, random and randomized block training on the acquisition, retention and transfer of volleyball serves. For this purpose, 34 students of Shomal university were selected randomly and after primary rules of volleyball were explained and instructed and pretest ...
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The purpose of this research was to compare block, random and randomized block training on the acquisition, retention and transfer of volleyball serves. For this purpose, 34 students of Shomal university were selected randomly and after primary rules of volleyball were explained and instructed and pretest was performed, they were divided into 3 groups (block, random and randomized block training). The subjects participated in 15 practice sessions (5 weeks, 3 sessions each week). After the training sessions, posttests including acquisition test (exactly at the end of the last session), retention and transfer tests (after one week) were performed. Kolmogorov – Smirnov (K-S) test, one-way ANOVA, and post hoc Tukey test were used to analyze the data. The results showed that in the acquisition stage, the block group significantly had better performance than the others. But in the retention test, there was no significant difference among groups. Meanwhile, the randomized-block group had significantly better performance in the transfer test.
