The efficacy of demonstrations in teaching children an unfamiliar movement skill: The effects of object-orientated actions and point-light demonstrations

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 559-575

  Hayes, Spencer ^a   Hodges, Nicola ^b   Scott, Mark ^a   Horn, Robert ^c   Williams, A Mark ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; KINEMATICS; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; LEARNING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORT; TEACHING; VISION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34249742225     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410600947074     Document Type: Article

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