PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING MOTOR SKILLS
1. PRINCIPLE OF INTEREST
• a student's attitude toward
learning a skill determines for the most part the amount and kind of learning
that takes place.
2. Principle of
Practice
• practicing the motor skill
correctly is essential for learning to take place.
3. Principle of Distributed Practice
• in general short periods of
intense practice will result in more learning than longer, massed practice
sessions.
4. Principle of Skill Specificity
• a student's ability to perform one
motor skill effectively is independent of his/her ability to perform other
motor skills.
5. Principle of Whole-Part Learning.
• the complexity of the skill to be
learned and the leaner's ability determine whether it is more efficient to
teach the whole skil or break the skill into component parts.
6. Principle of Transfer
• the more indentical two tasks are
the greater the possibility that positive transfer will occur. Practice conditions should match the
conditions in which the motor skill is going to be used.
7. Principle of Skill Improvement
• the development of motor skills
progresses along a continuum from least mature to most mature. The rate of progression and the amount of
progress within an individual depends upon the interaction of nature and
nurture.
8. Principle of Feedback
• internal and external sources of
information about motor performance is essential for learning to take place.
9. Principle of Variable Practice.
• block practice aids in performance
while variable practice aids in learning.
Variable practice causes an increase in attention.
HOW DO PRINCIPLES OF MOTOR SKILL LEARNING INFLUENCE UNIT PLANNING AND YEARLY PLAN?
Consider:
1.
Tasks
in a lesson
2.
Student
interest
3.
Sequencing
of units during a week
4.
When
students will practice
5.
How
students will practice a skill
6.
Blocking
or Continuous planning of units.
7.
How
long and what period a skill will be practiced
8.
The
order that skills will be taught in a unit and through a yearly plan
Additional
consideration:
Ø
Challenge
to child fitness
Ø
Friday
afternoon classes
Ø
Expected
weather conditions
Ø Traditional activities in the community
Assessment in a unit and over the whole year