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Examining the impact of error estimation on the effects of self-controlled feedback

Abstract

Two experiments were conducted that examined the motivational and informational perspectives concerning learning advantages from self-controlled practice. Three groups were tasked with learning a novel skill; self-controlled (SC), yoked traditional (YT), and yoked with error estimation required during the acquisition phase (YE). Results from the delayed learning measures showed the YE group performed better than the SC and YT groups, for Expt. 1. A similar pattern emerged for Expt. 2, albeit, this was not significant. While there were no motivation differences across the groups in either experiment, a strong correlation in Expt. 2 was shown between error estimation capabilities, which were best for the YE group, and learning. These combined results suggest that informational processes contribute more to the self-controlled feedback learning advantage, relative to motivational contributions.

Authors

Barros JAC; Yantha ZD; Carter MJ; Hussien J; Ste-Marie DM

Journal

Human Movement Science, Vol. 63, , pp. 182–198

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

February 1, 2019

DOI

10.1016/j.humov.2018.12.002

ISSN

0167-9457

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