Gross-motor skill acquisition by preschool dance students under self-instruction procedures.
The effects of two training procedures--(a) modeling and praise and (b) self-instruction, modeling, and praise--on complex gross-motor chain acquisition for preschool dance class students were evaluated. Six girls participated in the study. A multiple baseline design across six gross-motor chains with a secondary group comparison for treatment order effects was used. Both procedures were effective in teaching the gross-motor chains. Nevertheless, for 4 of the 6 participants, the self-instruction procedure produced a faster acquisition rate in at least two of the three comparable pairs of gross-motor chains. Furthermore, very early in gross-motor chain acquisition, for five of the six gross-motor chains, the self-instruction condition was associated with faster response acquisition.
Vintere
Parsla
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Psychology Department, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, New York 11367, USA. pvintere@gc.cuny.edu
Hemmes
Nancy S
NS
Brown
Bruce L
BL
Poulson
Claire L
CL
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003615:Dancing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*