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GROSS‐MOTOR SKILL ACQUISITION BY PRESCHOOL DANCE STUDENTS UNDER SELF‐INSTRUCTION PROCEDURES
Author(s) -
Vintere Parsla,
Hemmes Nancy S.,
Brown Bruce L.,
Poulson Claire L.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.2004.37-305
Subject(s) - gross motor skill , praise , psychology , motor skill , dreyfus model of skill acquisition , dance , developmental psychology , social psychology , art , literature , economics , economic growth
The effects of two training procedures—(a) modeling and praise and (b) self‐instruction, modeling, and praise—on complex gross‐motor chain acquisition for preschool dance class students were evaluated. Six girls participated in the study. A multiple baseline design across six gross‐motor chains with a secondary group comparison for treatment order effects was used. Both procedures were effective in teaching the gross‐motor chains. Nevertheless, for 4 of the 6 participants, the self‐instruction procedure produced a faster acquisition rate in at least two of the three comparable pairs of gross‐motor chains. Furthermore, very early in gross‐motor chain acquisition, for five of the six gross‐motor chains, the self‐instruction condition was associated with faster response acquisition.