Citation

de Oliveira DL, Corrêa UC, Gimenez R, Basso L, Tani G. Percept. Mot. Skills 2009; 109(3): 831-840.

Affiliation

Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Centro Universitário Nove de Julho, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

20178283

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of knowledge of results (KR) frequency and task complexity on motor skill acquisition. The task consisted of throwing a bocha ball to place it as close as possible to the target ball. 120 students ages 11 to 13 years were assigned to one of eight experimental groups according to knowledge of results frequency (25, 50, 75, and 100%) and task complexity (simple and complex). Subjects performed 90 trials in the acquisition phase and 10 trials in the transfer test. The results showed that knowledge of results given at a frequency of 25% resulted in an inferior absolute error than 50% and inferior variable error than 50, 75, and 100% frequencies, but no effect of task complexity was found.

Language: en