Learning better by repetition or variation? Is transfer at odds with task specific training?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Transfer of motor skills is the ultimate goal of motor training in rehabilitation practice. In children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), very little is known about how skills are transferred from training situations to real life contexts. In this study we examined the influence of two types of practice on transfer of motor skills acquired in a virtual reality (VR) environment.

Method

One hundred and eleven children with DCD and their typically developing (TD) peers, aged 6-10 years (M = 8.0 SD = 1.0) were randomly assigned to either variable (n = 56) or repetitive practice (n = 55). Participants in the repetitive practice played the same exergame (ski slalom) twice weekly for 20 minutes, over a period of 5 weeks, while those in the variable group pla

SUBMITTER: Bonney E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5363924 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature