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ERIC Number: EJ438542
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0270-1367
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The Effect of Contextual Variety on the Practice, Retention, and Transfer of an Applied Motor Skill.
Wrisberg, Craig A.; Liu, Zhan
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, v62 n4 p406-12 Dec 1991
Researchers examined the effect of contextual variety on practice, retention, and transfer of the long and short badminton service in a college physical education class. Results indicated a practice schedule requiring students to change the plan of action from trial to trial facilitated retention and transfer of motor skills. (SM)
Descriptors: Badminton, College Students, Context Effect, Higher Education, Learning Theories, Performance Factors, Physical Education, Psychomotor Skills, Retention (Psychology), Sex Differences, Skill Development, Transfer of Training
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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