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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Practice Session"”.
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Observation And Analysis Of Undergraduate Applied Piano Lessons And Individual Practice Sessions
The purpose of this study was to identify what practice strategies were presented by piano teachers in applied lessons and how their students practiced in subsequent practice sessions. Moreover, the study also attempted to identity what practice strategies and applications were associated with the …
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Self-control of learning multiple motor skills
… where the experimenter or instructor shapes the practice environment. A number motor learning studies have shown the effectiveness of the learners’ abilities to control various aspects within their learning environment. Studies on augmented feedback (Chiviacowsky & Wulf, 2002; Janelle, Kim, & …
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The effects of motor practice on coarticulatory interactions in the speech of children and adults
… study was designed to elucidate the role of practice on speech production. Specifically, this investigation examined the effects of a distributed practice schedule on speech productions in young children and adults. Unlike the practice period used in previous studies, the practice session …
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A Comparison of Teacher-Guided Instruction and Self-Guided Student Practice Strategies
… lesson per week followed by self-guided student practice until the next lesson. This model allows a teacher to tailor instruction to fit a student's particular needs, however, because the majority of a student's time with an instrument is during self-guided practice, there are unique challenges …
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A qualitative exploration of the experience of a single mindfulness session with informal caregivers
… who have completed a short, single mindfulness session. There is evidence to support mindfulness as a non-invasive method for improving psychological and physical well-being. Methods: The participants (N=6) of the study attended a short, single mindfulness practice session. One-on-one …
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Effects of mental and physical practice on 6th grade beginning band instrumentalists' performance accuracy
… this study was to examine the effects of three practice conditions on beginning band instrumentalists’ performance of a short musical selection. Fifty- nine sixth grade beginning band students were randomly assigned to either a physical practice, mental practice, or no practice (control) …
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The effects of fatigue and injury on the King-Devick test across a field hockey season
… of the spring 2015 season. The first testing session (T1) was administered in February and served as the overall baseline test and was the first exposure to King-Devick for all participants. The second testing session (T2) was administered at the mid-point of the season immediately after a …
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A Method for Evaluating Cardiovascular Conditioning in Swimmers
… during the first ten minutes of the regular practice session.</p> <p>Comparisons were made among the three different segments of the training to see if there was a trend toward cardiovascular conditioning. The index was used to see if it paralleled the testing results as an indicator of …
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A theoretical investigation of motivational patterns in athletes
… immediately before or after a mid-season practice session. Within ten to fourteen days following this initial assessment, coaches rated players on effort, persistence and performance demonstrated in practices and games over that time period. The results did not support the predicted …
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EVALUATING THE USE OF SELF-RELEVANT STIMULI IN ATTENTION BIAS MODIFICATION TRAINING AS A TREATMENT FOR ANXIETY: A NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY STUDY
… that reaction time stabilized after an initial session, implying that a practice session may facilitate more reliable results with the dot-probe task. Interestingly, participants only showed an attention bias on trials involving the top half of the screen and attention bias scores garnered from …
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Measurement of head acceleration and angular rate experienced by aerobatic pilots
… synchronized sets of hardware during a 10-minute practice session. The recordings of the maximum and minimum G values were also obtained from the aircraft’s G-meter. Results: The maximum and minimum values obtained from the sensors measuring linear acceleration and angular rates from the pilot and …
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The Effects of Practice Procedure and Task Difficulty on Tonal Pattern Accuracy.
… proportions of time spent on physical and mental practice, in the context of a music performance of a tonal pattern over harmonic progressions of two difficulty levels. Using a sampling without replacement procedure, sixty undergraduate students were assigned to four practice groups partially …
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The effects of self-evaluation, self-listening, and modeling on junior high instrumentalists' music performance and practice attitude
… school instrumentalists' music performance and practice attitude. Eighty-two seventh, eighth, and ninth-grade students were randomly assigned to one of eight groups in the 2 x 2 x 2 pretest/posttest factorial design. Participants prepared three brief musical excerpts during 15-minute in-school …
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Attention, Probability and Fatigue in Decision Making (Stress, Arousal, Narrowing)
… 50, and 80 degrees to their right. Following a practice session that included simple RT trials (simple RT was also tested at the end of the experiment) four levels of probability were administered; one per day across a four day testing regime. The probabilities were: .50, .60, .70, and .80. A …
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Effects of practice strategies, metronome use, meter, hand, and musical function on dual-staved piano performance accuracy and practice time usage of undergraduate
… of this study were: 1) To assess the effects of practice strategies, metronome, meter, hand, and musical function on piano performance accuracy of undergraduate music majors enrolled in piano class (N=39), and 2) To assess the effects of practice strategies on practice time relative to two …
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Improving Healthcare Professionals’ Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Vascular Access Ability Utilizing Homemade Ultrasound Phantoms
… included an educational PowerPoint and open practice session using the phantom models. Participants provided demographic information and completed a survey evaluating the efficacy of the phantom models. Results: Statistically significant improvements were found in participants’ confidence …