| dc.description.abstract | Three experiments were conducted to Investigate the
generality of the guidance hypothesis to a brief practice
(acquisition) session. Three research paradigms were
studied consistent with those outlined by Schmidt (in
press). Schmidt has been vocal in advocating the notion
that frequent knowledge of results (KR) degrades learning.
In experiment 1 the relative frequency of KR was
investigated by employing four frequency conditions with a
5-trial acquisition phase. Summary-KR was studied in
Experiment 2, utilizing three different summary lengths with
a 15-trial acquisition phase. Finally, the trials-delay
procedure was considered in Experiment 3. There were four
varieties of delay, each having a total of five KR
statements. In all three experiments the task involved a
limb movement from left key to right key, performed in a
criterion time of 500 milliseconds. All three experiments
employed an immediate retention test (10 minutes later) and
a delayed retention test (2 days later) to determine if the
experimental conditions affected learning. | |
