Performance & Learning

Performance  Observable behavior  Execution of specific skill at specific time in specific situation

Motor Learning  Relatively permanent change in motor behavior  Inferred from repeated observations of performance  Promoted through practice or experience

Learning Charactersitics  Improvement  Consistency  Persists  Adaptability

Performance Curves  Insight into short-term changes in performance Trials Most common? linear negatively accel. positively accel. PerformPerformPerformPerform

You Try?  Flip card off flat surface  Plot performance Points plotted 0 = miss completely 1 = touch card, no catch 2 = catch on side 3 = catch on opposite corner 4 = catch on opposite end

What do you think?  Do performance curves reveal that learning is occurring?  Disadvantages of performance curves?  Does learning occur even after performance plateaus?

Retention Tests  Method to infer if learning persists  Given after interval of time when skill not practiced

Transfer Tests Measures ability to generalize skill learning  Intratask Test Second set of performance conditions Second set of performance conditions

Transfer Tests Measures ability to generalize skill learning  Intertask Test Second movement skill or variation Second movement skill or variation

Dynamics of Action  Consistency in coordination How measured? How measured?