Achievement in a Serial Positioning Task and the Role of Learner Strategies

Abstract

College students (N = 40) were randomly assigned to one of four conditions in order to ascertain the effectiveness of various learner strategies upon the learning, retention, and transfer of a computer-managed serial motor task. The four conditions were imagery, chunking, rhythm, and control. The subject's task was to move a joystick which in turn moved a cursor on a monitor, to each of 10 predetermined positions and correct sequence. In general, the typical serial recall curve and the expected primacy-recency effect was not found, perhaps due to the number of responses required on each trial. Imagery and chunking strategies provided more accurate and consistent performance across all 10 positions in the acquisition and transfer tasks. No difference in performance in retention were noted among the groups, although the subjects reproduced positions more accurately after the unfilled retention interval as compared with the filled interval.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA082749

Entities

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  • Gene G. Korienek
  • Robert N. Singer
  • Susan Ridsdale

Organizations

  • Florida State University

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  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

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  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Biological Sciences
  • Cognition
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Information Overload
  • Military Research
  • Motor Skills
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  • Psychology

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  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.