Random and blocked practice of three accuracy tasks
LE3 .A278 2010
2010
Kruisselbrink, Darren
Acadia University
Bachelor of Kinesiology
Honours
Kinesiology
This study was designed to examine the contextual interference effect on simple sport- like tasks that were performed in a controlled laboratory setting. Participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 experimental groups differing in practice schedules, and number of acquisition trials. Separate 4 X 2 ANOVAs were run to examine the data for each individual task. No statistically significant results were found except for an increase in performance with practice in all groups. A separate ANOVA was run for each questionnaire question, and no statistically significant results were found. These results may indicate that random practice does not benefit skill retention and transfer in an engaging task. The implications of this study suggest that coaches and physical educators may benefit from switching to a blocked practice schedule to eliminate unnecessary task switching and to maximize practice and play time
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