By Adam Young
In 1997, Pollock and Lee studied the effects of training styles on learning. 48 people (24 seven year olds and 24 university students) practiced a task (ballistic aiming) under two different conditions:
- Blocked practice (same thing over and over) and
- Random practice (mixing it up)
They performed 90 ‘learning’ trials, followed by 20 transfer and 20 retention trials. Basically, they gave them a lot of practice and then tested how well they retained skill from that practice.
What happened to the adults?
The adults performed the task much better when using blocked …
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