C HAPTER 12 Motor Learning in Practice: Skill Acquisition Kinesiology Books Publisher1

CHAPTER 12CHAPTER 12Motor Learning in Practice: Motor Learning in Practice: Skill AcquisitionSkill Acquisition

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TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS


• Cognitive Stage• Associative Stage• Autonomous Stage

STAGES OF LEARNING A SKILLSTAGES OF LEARNING A SKILL



Understand Practice Apply


When?When?What?What? How?How?

• Begins when the task is first introduced

• Goal • Determine the general shape of the skill and its goals • What, when, and how?• Getting a feel

• To help convey skill’s general idea• Instruction,• Demonstrations• Films• Videos• Vivid descriptions

COGNITIVE STAGECOGNITIVE STAGE


• Self-talk • Demands concentration • Does not allow other information to be processed• Provides verbal reminders as attempting the skill • Offers security • Gives a rough idea of what the skill is all about• Facilitates rapid learning and improvement

• Performance • Slow, jerky• Highly variable• Even awkward• Serves as a good foundation on which to build

COGNITIVE STAGECOGNITIVE STAGE


• Practice stage• Movements more automatic and controlled

• Goal• Most stimuli related to the skill now defined• Performing and refining the skill• By organizing more appropriate movement patterns

• Variability of performance decreases• Anticipation and consistency improve

ASSOCIATIVE STAGEASSOCIATIVE STAGE


• Confidence increases

• Performance improves quite rapidly

• Self-talk diminishes

• Learner able to detect some of their own errors

• Lasts longer than the cognitive stage

ASSOCIATIVE STAGEASSOCIATIVE STAGE


• Application stage

• Movements almost automatic and very proficient

• Attention demands dramatically reduced• Focus on other aspects like creativity and strategy

• Ability to analyze environmental stimuli enhanced • Relevant cues quickly detected with increased accuracy

AUTONOMOUS STAGEAUTONOMOUS STAGE


• Expert performance• Result of a great deal of practice and

dedication

• Performance improvements slow• Already reached high level of proficiency

• Less obvious performance gains • Reduction in anxiety and mental effort • Improvement in techniques

AUTONOMOUS STAGEAUTONOMOUS STAGE


Lesson 1 Wrap UpSkill Acquisition and Stages of Learning


Student Workbook activitieso 12.1.1 – Review Your Key Terms (p. 142)o 12.1.2 – Factors Affecting Skill Acquisition (p. 142)o 12.1.3 – Understand, Practise, Apply (pp. 142-143)

TGS 12.3 – Exit Card Make the Match

Match the following terms with their corresponding characteristic(s).



B

C, E

A, D

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C HAPTER 12 Motor Learning in Practice: Skill Acquisition Kinesiology Books Publisher1