The general purpose of this study was to investigate the potential generalizability of learning strategies to future related learning task situations. More specifically, to be determined was the effectiveness of a global strategy, containing five mini-strategies, on the skill level attained in a primary task and two related tasks. / Eighty subjects were randomly assigned to five groups equal in number as to sex and number: a content-dependent strategy group, a content-dependent strategy plus reminders group, a content-independent strategy group, a content-independent strategy plus reminders group, and a control group. Subjects performed underhanded dart throwing as the primary task, jart throwing as the first related task, and modified basketball foul shooting as the second related task. In addition, strategy rating scales were used as a supplementary means to evaluate strategies used during performance of the related tasks. / Analyses of variance with repeated measures were conducted on performance and intraindividual variability. The results indicated that all of the strategy learning conditions were significantly more effective than the control condition in the primary task, the first related task, and the second related task. Furthermore, the content-independent strategy learning situation was significantly more effective than the content-dependent strategy learning situation. Also, the evaluation from strategy usage rating scales was generally congruent with the actual performance in the related tasks. / The five-step strategy effectively facilitates learning and can be potentially generalizable to subsequent related tasks classified as closed motor skills. Finally, the content-independent strategy learning condition is more preferential to the content-dependent condition when strategy generalizability to future related situations is a goal of the learning. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-04, Section: A, page: 0925. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75526 |
| Contributors | SUWANTHADA, SILPACHAI., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 161 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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