Effect of different quantities of variable practice on acquisition, retention, and transfer of an applied motor skill

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 147-151

  Goodwin, Jeff E ^a   Eckerson, Joan M ^b   Grimes, Charles R ^b   Gordon, Paul M ^b  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPORT; TEACHING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPORTS; TEACHING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0032134905     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.87.1.147     Document Type: Article

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