When Repetition Isn’t the Best Practice Strategy: Examining Differing Levels of Contextual Interference during Practice
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Publication Title
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science, Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract
Two experiments examined the effects of blocked and random practice schedules on the performance accuracy, speed, and temporal evenness of performance by wind players. Blocked schedules used repetitive practice orders, while random schedules constantly changed the order of tasks practiced. Beginning clarinet students completed three days of practice on three short technical tasks, in either a blocked or random order. Twenty-four hours after practice, beginning students who had practiced in the random order were able to play significantly faster than students who had practiced in the blocked order (F1,38=24.95, p
Recommended Citation
Laura A. Stambaugh. "When Repetition Isn’t the Best Practice Strategy: Examining Differing Levels of Contextual Interference during Practice" Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science, Auckland, New Zealand. Ed. Aaron Williamon, Sharman Pretty, and Ralph Buck. Utrecht, The Netherlands: European Association of Conservatoires, 2009. source:http://www.legacyweb.rcm.ac.uk/cache/fl0020113.pdf
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Copyright
© The Author 2009, Published by the AEC. Proceeding obtained from the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science
