The purpose of this study is to understand the effect of variability pracice on the acquisition, retention, transfer of timming task.
The subjects were thirty-two male college student. They were divided into serial, random, blocked, constant groups, ...
The purpose of this study is to understand the effect of variability pracice on the acquisition, retention, transfer of timming task.
The subjects were thirty-two male college student. They were divided into serial, random, blocked, constant groups, according to practice condition.
The dependent variable was the absolute error of movement time for movement distance. The total number of trial for each condition was 144.
The results are as follows:
First, On the acquisition stage, there was significant difference between the constant and blocked group in timing task performance, the serial and random group showed no significance.
Second, On the retention stage, none of four groups showed significant difference.
Third, On the transfer stage, the random showed the best performance, the blocked and seral group showed better performance than the constant group.
The conclusion drawn from above results is that variability practice is one of determinants for the efficient motor performance and learning.