Feedback

Feedback

• Feedback can be more effective if it directs the performer’s attention away from his or her own movements and to the effects of those movements
• Avoid cueing specific movements unless a significant error is being made
• Allowing the learner to view their movement in a mirror or through video can assist with improving performance

This feedback should be tapered so the learner does not become reliant on it

• The frequency of feedback should be tapered as learner progresses (ie provide feedback every 3 attempts instead of after each transfer)
• The goal of feedback is to foster error detection and self-correction as learning advances

Other Methods to Improve Retention

Dosing and Timing

Speed 

• Speed and accuracy are inversely related 
• Initially focus on the learner performing the task accurately