The Acquisitional Process of Selected Spatial and Temporal Aspects of a Waltz Sequence

The purpose of this research was to answer four questions regarding the beginning-level learner's use of environmental constancies across time in the learning of selected skills in ballroom dancing where the goal was to move according to an externally-imposed standard. The environmental constancies were 37 items of an instrument designed to measure waltz performance, and were identified as invariants or fixed aspects of the environment necessary for successful goal attainment. The questions involved (1) determining the influence of the individual's ability level as determined by three pretests on the subject's use of environmental constancies; (2) directing versus not directing the subjects' attention to environmental constancies; (3) determining the utilization of environmental constancies in early and later learning stages; and (4) determining the affect of a tempo change on reproduction accuracy of the environmental constancies.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physical Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Patterson, Judith Ann

• Education, Physical

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8127665

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/68695