D methods of presenting practice

• whole practice is when skill is learned in its entirety with sub-routines intact
• what skills should whole practice be used for?

  • highly organised
  • closed
  • self-paced
• what are advantages of whole practice?

  • maintain fluency between sub-routines
  • develops kinaesthesis
• what are disadvantages of whole practice?

  • not for cognitive performers
  • can lead to information overload
• whole-part-whole practice is doing whole task, isolating weakness, working on it and putting back into whole task
• what skills should whole-part-whole practice be used for?

  • complex
  • fast/ballistic
  • skills tough to isolate weaknesses
• advantages of whole-part-whole practice.

  • shows and corrects weaknesses
• what are the disadvantages of whole-part-whole practice?

  • time consuming
  • some skills cannot be broken down
• progressive part practice is when each part of skill is gradually added (chaining)
• what skills is progressive part practice used?

  • complex
  • serial
  • externally-paced
• what are advantages of progressive part practice?

  • stages of success provides motivation
  • develop links between sub-routines
• negatives of progressive part practice.

  • time consuming
  • negative transfer