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Whole and part practice: a meta-analysis.

Fabio E Fontana1, Oldemar Mazzardo, Ovande Furtado

  • 1University of Northern Iowa, Health, Physical Education & Leisure Services, 203 Wellness/Recreation Center, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0241, USA. fabio.fontana@uni.edu

Perceptual and Motor Skills
|December 30, 2009
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Motor learning textbooks

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Area of Science:

  • Motor learning and skill acquisition.
  • Sports science and biomechanics.

Background:

  • Textbooks recommend whole and part practice for motor skill acquisition.
  • Recommendations vary, citing task complexity or skill classification.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Evaluate the accuracy of textbook recommendations for whole vs. part practice.
  • Synthesize existing research on practice methods in motor learning.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted a meta-analysis of 44 motor learning studies.
  • Calculated effect sizes for whole and part practice in acquisition and retention from 20 studies.

Main Results:

  • Mean effect sizes generally supported textbook recommendations.
  • Some analyses were limited by a lack of sufficient studies.

Conclusions:

  • Current evidence supports textbook guidelines for whole and part practice.
  • Further research is needed to empirically validate these recommendations.