Summary

The student-friendly fourth edition of Motor Learning and Performance: A Situation-Based Learning Approach expands on the fundamentals of motor performance and learning, providing valuable supporting literature and current research results in an accessible and engaging format. This text goes beyond simply presenting the latest research. Instead, Schmidt and Wrisberg challenge students not only to grasp but also to apply the fundamental concepts of motor performance and learning via a unique situation-based approach. Movement practitioners using this approach continually ask three basic questions to assist people in motor learning: who (the person learning or performing), where (the context for learning or performing), and what (the task being learned or performed). By working through situation-based exercises and case studies, students learn how to ask appropriate questions, identify solutions, and support their answers with theory or research.Motor Learning and Performance: A Situation-Based Learning Approach outlines the principles of motor skill learning, develops a conceptual model of human performance, and shows students how to apply the concepts of motor learning and performance to a variety of real-world settings, including teaching, coaching, the design of performer-friendly equipment and work environments, rehabilitation, and everyday motor skill learning. Straightforward explanations of motor skill concepts and accompanying research are reinforced with both ordinary and extraordinary examples of motor skill activities, such as driving a car, playing the banjo, and mountain climbing. By applying the concepts of motor learning to familiar scenarios, the material comes alive for students, leading to better retention of information and greater interest in the application of motor performance and learning in their everyday lives and future careers.More than 76 new references, exercises, updated figures and photos, and improved chapter features make the fourth edition of Motor Learning and Performance: A Situation-Based Learning Approachthe most user-friendly edition to date. Each chapter is organized to include an outline listing the major topics to be presented, objectives that alert students to key content for mastery, an opening case study that previews the content within the context of a real-life example, research highlight boxes to provide more detailed descriptions of important experiments and concepts, and a running glossary for instant definitions of terms as they are introduced in the text. In addition, the authors make the text even more reader friendly with these elements:-It Depends sections require students to identify factors that might influence motor performance and learning situations.-From Principles to Practice sections simplify self-testing of key terms by reviewing and providing exercises to apply the information to real-life situations.-Special notes with interesting facts and quotes provide supplemental information.-A summary with a compilation of important concepts wraps up each chapter.-Four additional in-depth case studies are featured in the final chapter. New and convenient online instructor resources are also available to course adopters of this updated text. The ancillary materials include an expanded instructor guide with chapter summary notes and additional situation-based exercises for class discussion, a presentation package of PowerPoint slides for lectures, and a test bank.Motor Learning and Performance: A Situation-Based Learning Approach, Fourth Edition, continues to combine a conceptual model of human performance with a situation-based learning approach, making comprehension of the principles of motor performance and learning accessible even for readers with little or no knowl

Author Biography

Craig A. Wrisberg is Professor of Sport Psychology, University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

Preface
An Introduction to Motor Performance and Learning
Getting Started
Preview
Overview
Motor Skill: What Is It?
The Chicken and the Egg: Motor Performance and Motor Learning
A Situation-Based Approach to Motor Performance and Learning
Summary
From Principles to Practice
Processing Information and Making Decisions
Preview
Overview
Information-Processing Approach
Reaction Time and Decision Making
Information Processing Under Different Time Constraints
Information Processing Under Conditions of High and Low Arousal and Anxiety
Attention Capacity: A Limitation to Information Processing
Three Memory Systems
Summary
From Principles to Practice
Principles of Human Skilled Performance
Sensory Contributions to Skilled Performance Preview
Overview
Sources of Sensory Information
Closed-Loop Control Systems
Reflexive Modulations in Movement Skills
Role of Two Visual Systems in Movement Control
Visual Control of Motor Performance Summary
From Principles to Practice
Movement Production and Motor Programs
Chapter Outline
Preview Overview
Motor Program Theory
Open-Loop Control Within the Conceptual Model
Generalized Motor Programs
Summary
From Principles to Practice
Principles of Motor Control and Movement Accuracy Preview
Overview
Relative Timing
Determinants of Accuracy in Rapid Movements
Combining the Principles: A Batting Example
Summary
From Principles to Practice
Individual Differences and Motor Abilities
Preview
Overview
Concept of Individual Differences
Abilities and Capabilities
Summary
From Principles to Practice
Principles of Skill Learning
Preparing for the Learning Experience
Preview
Overview
Defining the Learning Experience
The Learner
Assessing Progress
Summary
From Principles to Practice
Supplementing the Learning Experience
Preview
Overview
Preliminary Considerations
Skill Presentation Techniques
Forms of Practice
Summary
From Principles to Practice
Structuring the Learning Experience
Preview
Overview
Practicing Several Different Skills
Practicing Several Versions of the Same Skill
Random or Blocked Practice Versus Varied or Constant Practice
Combining Random and Varied Practice
Practicing for Consistent and Varied Stimulus-Response Mapping
Summary
From Principles to Practice
Providing Feedback During the Learning Experience
Preview
Overview
Classifying Feedback
Properties of Extrinsic Feedback
Practical Considerations When Providing Information Feedback
Summary
From Principles to Practice
Integration and Applications
Facilitating Learning and Performance
Preview
Overview
A Working Strategy for Providing Instructional Assistance
Four Case Studies
Assessment of Learner Progress
Summary
Applying the Principles of Skill Learning
Preview
Overview
Now It's Your Turn
An Example
A Final Comment
References
Credits
Index
About the Authors
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