The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of various practice schedules on learning a novel speech task. Forty healthy Cantonese speakers were asked to learn to produce a Cantonese phrase with two target utterance durations (2500 and 3500 milliseconds). They were randomly assigned to one of four learning conditions, each completing a different practice schedule, namely Blocked only, Ran...

This experiment examined contextual interference in producing a bimanual coordination pattern of 90 degree angle relative phase. Acquisition, retention, and transfer performance were compared in a single-task control group and groups that performed 2 tasks in either a blocked or random presentation. Surprisingly, acquisition data revealed that both the random and control groups outperformed the...

based on kolb’s theory of learning and teaching a post-test group design was applied to investigate the effect of congruent/ incongruent teaching and learning styles on students’ performance at the faculties of agriculture and natural resources at the university of kurdistan, iran in 2007. using spss software descriptive statistics, t- test and manova were employed in analyzing the data. result...

The contextual interference (CI) effect is a robust phenomenon in the (motor) skill learning literature. However, CI has yielded mixed results in complex task learning. The current study addressed whether the CI effect is generalizable to bimanual skill learning, with a focus on the temporal evolution of memory processes. In contrast to previous studies, an extensive training schedule, distribu...

and theoretical issues, whereas field-dependent people tend to be more attentive to the social frames of reference and are therefore considered as more socially oriented. Field-dependent people are described as warm, tactful, considerate, socially outgoing, affectionate by others, as well as know and be known by more people. Field-independent people are more impersonally orientated and are desc...