Deck 10: Practice Schedules

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of a non-regulatory condition that could be incorporated into the variable practice schedule for a quarterback?

A) Presence of defenders
B) Distance of throw to receiver
C) Crowd noise level
D) The area on the field to which the ball must be thrown

Answer 1

C

Question 2

If substitute or alternative equipment causes a distinct change in movement pattern, what should you do?

A) Continue to use it, the learner will figure it out
B) Stop using it
C) Use it only sparingly
D) You should only use the specific equipment designed for that activity

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What does a well-designed drill do?

A) Maximizes time on task
B) Involves the participation of all learners
C) Directly targets the learning goal
D) All of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following must be considered when designing practice experiences?

A) The learner
B) The task
C) The environment
D) All of the above

Question 5

Contextual interference should be avoided at all costs.

Question 6

Long term retention of a motor skill is best achieved by practicing a skill repeatedly before moving to a different version of the task or a different task altogether.

Question 7

Stations are a teaching method that can easily be designed to incorporate both variable and random practice.

Question 8

Learning is enhanced when longer, less frequent practice sessions are scheduled.

Question 9

Giving the learner the opportunity to choose some characteristics of the practice situation is called

A) Self-Control
B) Selective practice
C) Challenge point
D) Guided practice

Question 10

A massed practice schedule would be the most effective for which of the following?

A) New and complex skills
B) Tasks that have high-energy requirements
C) Discrete skills
D) Tasks that involve some degree of risk

Question 11

Which of the following is the term used to describe practice where the rest component between sessions or practice attempts is equal to or greater than the practice component?

A) Massed practice
B) Alternating practice
C) Distributed practice
D) Restful practice

Question 12

The explanation that suggests that random practice facilitates learning by causing temporary between trials forgetting of task solutions is called the ____________ hypothesis

A) Elaboration
B) Forgetting
C) Memory
D) Action plan reconstruction

Question 13

When should variable practice be implemented?

A) When the skill is first introduced
B) Once the learner has acquired the basic movement pattern
C) Only when the learner has reached the autonomous stage
D) Only when the learner is having difficulty developing an understanding of the basic movement pattern

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT true of variable practice?

A) It enhances the development of a learner's schema
B) It facilitates transfer
C) It leads to better performance during practice
D) It enhances a learner's ability to accurately select appropriate parameter values to accomplish a movement goal

Question 15

When implementing variable practice, which of the following should be manipulated for skills whose objective is the consistent and accurate replication of a movement pattern?

A) Regulating conditions
B) Non-regulatory conditions
C) Both regulatory and non-regulatory conditions
D) Variable practice should not be used for closed skills with inter-trial variability

Question 16

Which of the following describes blocked practice?

A) One variation of a skill is practiced repeatedly before practice attempts are given on another skill
B) Multiple task variations are performed in a random order
C) Multiple tasks are arranged in blocks according to their similarities
D) Multiple tasks are arranged in an alternating pattern

Question 17

Which of following would be an example of implementing random practice to ""practice"" three different skills?

A) Performing 10 successive trials at each of the three skills
B) Performing one trial of each of the three skills over 10 rotations
C) Performing five trials of each skill, repeating the rotation twice
D) Performing 30 successive trials of one skill

Question 18

Repeated blocked practice provides _________ contextual interference.

A) No
B) Low
C) Moderate
D) High

Question 19

If a golfer lines up 30 balls and putts them from the exact same spot on the green to the exact same hole each time, the golfer is using what type of practice?

A) Constant practice
B) Blocked practice
C) Repeated blocked practice
D) A and B

Question 20

Low contextual interference would occur when practice trials are organized following a ___________ schedule.

A) Blocked
B) Random
C) Repeated blocked
D) Variable

Question 21

When implementing variable practice, which of the following should be manipulated for closed skills that involve inter-trial variability?

A) Regulating conditions
B) Non-regulatory conditions
C) Both regulatory and non-regulatory conditions
D) Variable practice should not be used for closed skills with inter-trial variability