The Efficacy of Demonstrations In Teaching Children An Unfamiliar Movement Skill: The Effects of Object-Orientated Actions and Point-Light Demonstrations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2007
Abstract
In Experiment 1, adult and child participants were instructed to imitate a video model performing a bowling action with or without a ball. Participants imitated the action with greater accuracy without a ball and in general adults were more accurate than children. In Experiment 2, adults and children were shown a video or point-light display of the bowling action. There was no difference in movement form between the adult point-light and video groups. In contrast, children were poorer at reproducing the action when viewing point-light compared with video sequences (P < 0.05). The novel point-light display hindered the children's ability to provide conceptual mediation between the presented information and action requirements. In Experiment 3, a child point-light group was provided with perceptual-cognitive training. The perceptual-cognitive training group demonstrated better movement reproduction than a group who viewed the point-light displays with no training (P < 0.05), although there were no differences between participants who received training and those who viewed a video. Children are able to perceive and use relative motion information from a display after some general training, and the effectiveness of demonstrations needs to be judged relative to the task context.
DOI
10.1080/02640410600947074
Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation
Hayes, Spencer; Hodges, Nicola; Scott, Mark; Horn, Robert; and Williams, A. Mark, "The Efficacy of Demonstrations In Teaching Children An Unfamiliar Movement Skill: The Effects of Object-Orientated Actions and Point-Light Demonstrations" (2007). Department of Exercise Science and Physical Education Scholarship and Creative Works. 72.
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