Certain factors underlying the acquisition of motor skill by pre-school children.

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A study of the acquisition of skill in a ring-throwing game by groups of pre-school children. The results present learning curves, correlations with intelligence quotients, between initial status and gain, sex differences, and so on. A detailed analysis of some twenty individual records is printed. The three groups of subjects performed under differing instructions and methods. Group A were given no instruction nor criticism with regard to methods of throwing the rings. Group B were given a preliminary demonstration and subsequent verbal criticism as to types of errors, but not required to adhere to constant procedure in grasping and throwing the rings. Group C in addition to a preliminary demonstration and verbal criticism, were taught to follow a definite procedure in throwing and were not allowed to experiment with other methods. During a 50-day period the amount of improvement was least for the children of Group A, only slightly higher for those of group B, and very much greater for group C. No relationship was found to exist between initial status and gain and a small negative correlation was found between total score and IQ. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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