EPHE 245 #6 Blocked vs random practice Questions and answers.

Scheduling Variable Practice: For variable practice to be most effectively utilized, it should be randomized in order rather than blocked Contextual Interference: The contextual interference effect is a learning phenomenon where interference during practice is beneficial to skill learning. That is, higher levels of contextual interference lead to poorer practice performance than lower levels while yielding superior retention and transfer performance Brainpower Read More Blocked involves practicing all trials on one task before any practice is begun on another task Random involves the same number of tasks and the same number of trials on each task as in blocked practice; the difference is that in random practice a trial on one task may be followed by a trial on another task, or multiple other tasks Is blocked or random practice better for performance blocked What training regime is a mix of both random and blocked practice? varied but predictable, repetitiveness of blocked practice may be the key factor that both facilitates acquisition and degrades learning Elaborative and Distinctive Processing: during random practice, more comparative and contrastive analyses of the actions are required to complete tasks. As a result, the representation of each task following random practice is more memorable than in blocked Forgetting and Reconstruction Hypothesis: In random practice, one skill is forgotten when moving onto another one. In order to redo the original skill, the person must reconstruct their memory of the initial skill -reconstruction of a movement can be recovered quicker if there already is a GMP with the same invariant parameters forgetting works because it forces us to reanalyze a movement entirely, further establishing it within our memory Retroactive Inhibition: the early tasks practiced by the blocked group are more difficult to recall because of the interference caused by practicing other tasks in the in between Covert Rehearsal: mentally practicing a skill before performing it results in large positive transfer to skill in the actual test