characteristics at each learning stage Observable changes are noted for both the person and the skill performance Two benefits are provided
Provides a closer look at the skill learning process Helps explain why instruction or training strategies need to be developed for people in different learning stages
Characteristics are: Changes in rate of improvement Changes in movement coordination Changes in altering an old or preferred coordination pattern Changes in muscles used to perform the skill Changes in energy cost
Characteristics are (contd): Changes in achieving the kinematic goals of the skill Changes in visual selective attention Changes in conscious attention with performing a skill Changes in error detection and correction capability
A Performer Characteristics that Does Not Change Across the Stages of Learning
practice in the first stage of learning We continue to use this, even after we become more skillful later on Proteua (1998) hypothesized that dependency develops since sensory feedback becomes a sensory component of memory representation of the skill
Expertise
An expert is a person who is located
at the extreme right end Experts in skill performance areas have the following characteristics:
Amount and type of practice leading to expertise Experts knowledge structure Experts use of vision
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