AbstractsEducation Research & Administration

Effects of Massed and Distributed Practice Upon Motor Learning and Retention of a Novel Gross Motor Task

by Thomas Rutherford Murphree




Institution: North Texas State University
Department:
Year: 1971
Keywords: physical education; practiced motor skill
Record ID: 1489823
Full text PDF: http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc164491/


Abstract

The problem of this study was to investigate the effects of massed and distributed practice upon the learning and retention of a novel gross motor task. The motor task was a soccer dribble around three evenly-spaced standards.