On the Comprehension of Learning Task in the Perceptural-Motor Skill Learning : A Case Study of Glide Butterfly

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to elucidate the basic viewpoints about the teaching method to make the learners grasp the learning tasks more effectively. For this purpose, the authors investigated the differences in performance between two learning groups (control group and experimental group), which performed under different learning conditions of grasping the task in teaching-learning process of glide butterfly. When the authors constructed the teaching program for the experimental group, three viewpoints were considered. 1) To present the task as a whole at the initial stage of learning process. 2) To present the learning task based on the sequence of task. 3) To make the learner grasp the learning task through practical activities. In the other hand, these three viewpoints were not considered in relation to the control group. The results were as follows: 1) Among the learners who showed lower performance level in the pre-test, the swimming distance attained by the learners of experimental group was recognized significantly greater than that of the control group in the final-test. 2) The learners of experimental group recognized the whole-part relationship and the sequence of the task better than the learners of control group. These findings seem to suggest that the three viewpoints considered facilitate the comprehension of learning task so that the learning activities become more effective.