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Ch.6 Teach & Learn
Teaching and Learning Final Ch.6
| Cognitive stage | the initial or beginning stage of learning in Fitts and Posner’s model |
| Associative stage | the intermediate stage of learning in Fitts and Posner’s model |
| Autonomous stage | the advanced or final stage of learning in Fitts and Posner’s model |
| Getting the idea of the movement | the first stage of learning in Gentile’s model, characterized by the learner trying to develop an understanding of the movement’s requirements |
| Fixation/ diversification | the second and final stage of learning in Gentile’s model |
| Freezing the degrees of freedom- | strategy in which a learner freezes or fixes the movement possibilities of a joint, causing the limb(s) to function as a single unit or segment, in order to accomplish the goal of a task |
| Automaticity | a capacity to perform a skill with little or no conscious control |
| Declarative knowledge | information used to decide what to do in a given situation |
| Procedural knowldge | information regarding skills, operations, and actions |
| Power law of practice | when learning a new skill, there tends to be a large initial improvement in performance, which slows later in practice (Newell & Rosenbloom, 1981) |
| Retention Test | Skill performance test given following a period of no practice that measures the persistence of improved skill performance |
| Post-test | skill performance test administered directly following a practice period, used to determine what the learner can do after practicing a skill |
| Transfer test | tests that measures the ability of a response, determined by testing the learner’s ability to use a skill in a novel context or manner |
| Performance Plateau | a period of time during the learning process in which no overt changes in performance occur |