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Showing 1 to 20 of 162 for “"skill acquisition"”.
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A computational model of skill acquisition.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mathematics, 1973.
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Motor Control Modifications Related to Skill Acquisition
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-14T16:07:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 8004165.pdf: 7328003 bytes, checksum: 0cbc2768e0af400f74493684b54235e6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1979
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Motor skill acquisition in children with poor motor coordination
… due to the difficulty in acquiring the motor skills they need for participation. Reduced participation in physical activity in childhood increases the risk of developing obesity, cardiovascular disease and psychosocial problems which persist throughout adolescence and adulthood. Poor motor …
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Employability Skill Acquisition of Career and Technical Education Students
… of this study was to describe and compare the acquisition of employability skills of Cooperative Education students participating in an employability skills training program with those students who chose not to participate in Cooperative Education at the Franklin County Career and Technology …
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A study of skill acquisition the Illinois fire service
When dealing with the development of skills in the fire service, there are concerns for the time required to teach the necessary skills, the type and amount of resources involved in teaching the skills, and that the skills can be performed under combat conditions. In the fire service, knots are …
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An Investigation of Skill Acquisition under Conditions of Augmented Reality
… and that this quality contributes to rapid skill acquisition. The qualities of simulation, through the use of augmented reality, may be incorporated into actual job activities to produce a condition of "just-in-time learning." This may make possible the rapid acquisition of information and …
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The Effect of Videogame Play on Robotic Surgery Skill Acquisition
… innovative technology to transcend a surgeon's skills when performing complex procedures. Currently, the only FDA approved robotic system is Intuitive's da Vinci Surgical System. While this system offers many advantages over other minimally invasive techniques, it also introduces a need for …
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Subject-Generated Verbalized Strategy and Error Estimation During Skill Acquisition
1 PDF file (81 leaves)
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Cognitive Ability and Personality Predictors of Training Program Skill Acquisition
Strengths and limitations, suggestions for future research, and implications for practice were discussed.
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The Effects of Complex Skill Acquisition on Measures of Ability
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T21:06:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7114660.pdf: 5537817 bytes, checksum: 43d192af7360fdaf0bcab3998bb769f3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1970
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Neurobehavioral Strategies of Skill Acquisition in Left and Right Hand Dominant Individuals
… allowing for adaptable motor behavior and skill acquisition in the left-and right-hand dominant populations. To this end participants, of both left- and right-hand dominance, repeatedly completed a visually guided, force matching task while neurobiological and neurobehavioral outcome …
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Influences of situated cognition on tracheal intubation skill acquisition in paramedic education
Situated cognition argues that learning takes place in an embedded social and physical environment, and through a social process, reality takes on meaning. This dissertation investigated if a link exists between learners? participation and advancement within a sociocultural community of practice as …
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Effects of Video Modeling on Skill Acquisition in Learning the Golf Swing
… to determine the effects of video modeling on skill acquisition in learning the golf swing. One-hundred-eight college students participated in this study. All participants were pre-tested via videotaping to determine initial skill level. The pre-test videotaping was analyzed using DartTrainer …
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Transfer of automatic skills: the role of automaticity in skill acquisition and transfer
Skill acquisition theories suggest that automaticity of lower-level processes is required before the acquisition of higher-level skills can be attempted. However, there is a disparity between the theoretical expectations of skill acquisition and the empirical findings in the transfer of training …
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Role-play assessments as a measure of skill acquisition in a parenting program
… with adult role-players as a measure of parents' skill acquisition as taught in the Incredible Years (IY) program. Parent performance during the role-play assessments was compared to parent performance during parent-child interactions. Experiment 1 of this study included role- 6 play assessments …
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The Effects of Constant and Descending Criterion-Level Frequencies on Skill Acquisition Outcomes
<p>Higher levels of performance during skill acquisition predict higher levels of response maintenance, but less is known about how many observations of high levels of performance are needed to produce this effect of criterion levels. Across two experiments, we analyzed multiple criterion-level …
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Motivation and skill acquisition in an online amateur multimedia community: a case study
… in that community, and 2) how one acquires the skills necessary to create animations and participate in the community. Having a better understanding of motivation and skill acquisition in this informal, online setting can provide insight on ways to improve and support the learning processes and …
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