Alternating versus blocked practice in learning a cartwheel

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 96, Issue 3 II, 2003, Pages 1255-1264

  Smith, Peter J K ^a   Gregory, Suzanne K ^b   Davies, Marianne ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS;

EID: 0642373867     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.96.3c.1255     Document Type: Article

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