AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF SIR IN MOTOR LEARNING (2)
ON THE EFFECT OF PRE-REST TRAINING
1962 Volume 33 Issue 3 Pages 141-149
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1962 Volume 33 Issue 3 Pages 141-149
This research is a second study to test the hypotheses concerning the existence of SIR in motor learning which have been formulated by the present author (24). Junior high school pupils were asked to write 26 or 18 alphabet letters upside down as fast as they could. The pre-rest training was either distributed (DP) or massed (MP) using the work limited method and the pos-trest training was by the time-limited method. Two groups (M-M and D-M) were given the massed practice after the formal rest (10min) in Experiment 1 and other two groups (M-D and D-D) were given distributed practice after the formal rest in Experiment 2. The experimental session was composed of 25 trials in pre-rest training, 10min rest and 15 trials in post-rest training. The results may be summarized as follows:
1) The distributed practice was superior to the massed practice under the condition of the work limited method in prerest training.
2) The massed practice yielded a significant amount of reminiscence but the spaced practice did not.
3) An analysis of post-rest performance failed to show SIR in terms of the performance on the first trial as well as on all trials in post-rest training between the two groups.
4) relationships between the massed and spaced practice and IR, SIR and maturation theory were discussed.
