Carola Minkels , John van der Kamp , Peter J. Beek
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Learning the front crawl by observation: Comparing self- and other-models
Background
Observational learning is widely used in skill learning, with self-modeling (i.e., viewing oneself perform at a higher level than currently possessed) emerging as a promising method with potential direct effects through attention/information processes, as well as indirect motivational benefits. However, prior research has yielded mixed results regarding its effectiveness in children learning motor skills and whether its effects are direct, indirect, or both.
Objective
This study compared the effects of self-modeling, self-observation (i.e., viewing oneself perform at the current level), peer-modeling (i.e., viewing a peer perform at a higher level than the learner), and a control group on front crawl learning and motivation in children aged 5–9 years. The aim of this comparison was to disentangle the direct attentional/informational effects from the indirect motivational effects of self-modeling and observational learning on learning outcomes.
Methods
Sixty-seven children participated in an eight-week intervention, randomly assigned to one of the four groups. Before practicing the front crawl, participants watched instruction videos featuring either themselves at the same skill level (i.e., self-observation), themselves at a higher skill level (i.e., self-modeling), a peer (i.e., peer-modeling), or a control video of Shrek (control).
Results
All three observational learning interventions led to significantly greater improvements in swimming time than the control group, in the absence of significant differences between the observational interventions. No significant differences were found in motivational beliefs between the four groups. Mediation analyses revealed significant direct effects of all three observational interventions on improvements in swimming time, with no evidence of indirect effects through motivational beliefs.
Conclusion
It appears that, regardless of the model used, observational learning improves children's front crawl learning, but not their motivational beliefs. The effects of observational learning seem to be predominantly direct, enhancing attention and information processing.
期刊介绍:
Human Movement Science provides a medium for publishing disciplinary and multidisciplinary studies on human movement. It brings together psychological, biomechanical and neurophysiological research on the control, organization and learning of human movement, including the perceptual support of movement. The overarching goal of the journal is to publish articles that help advance theoretical understanding of the control and organization of human movement, as well as changes therein as a function of development, learning and rehabilitation. The nature of the research reported may vary from fundamental theoretical or empirical studies to more applied studies in the fields of, for example, sport, dance and rehabilitation with the proviso that all studies have a distinct theoretical bearing. Also, reviews and meta-studies advancing the understanding of human movement are welcome.
These aims and scope imply that purely descriptive studies are not acceptable, while methodological articles are only acceptable if the methodology in question opens up new vistas in understanding the control and organization of human movement. The same holds for articles on exercise physiology, which in general are not supported, unless they speak to the control and organization of human movement. In general, it is required that the theoretical message of articles published in Human Movement Science is, to a certain extent, innovative and not dismissible as just "more of the same."