Transfer, Practice, Guidance and Feedback

What Transfer, Practice, Guidance and Feedback covers

Transfer, Practice, Guidance and Feedback is examined in AS Unit 1, Exploring physical education. It covers types of transfer, methods of practice, methods of guidance and types and uses of feedback.

The 4 subtopics

Each one has its own page. WJEC AS Physical Education students sit this topic in the first year.

• Types of transferPositive, negative, proactive, retroactive and bilateral transfer, promoting positive transfer and limiting negative transfer, fundamental movement skills, and practice that resembles the game.Open →
• Methods of practiceWhole, part and progressive part practice, fixed and variable practice, massed and distributed practice, mental rehearsal and its benefits, and choosing practice by skill classification and phase of learning.Open →
• Methods of guidanceVisual, verbal, manual and mechanical guidance with their advantages and disadvantages, combining visual and mechanical guidance, guidance for autonomous performers, and guidance for beginners.Open →
• Types and uses of feedbackIntrinsic and extrinsic feedback, knowledge of results and knowledge of performance, feedback that motivates, reinforces and informs, feedback for beginners and experts, effective feedback and too much feedback.Open →

What you need to know

Answer each one before you reveal it.

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Commonly confused

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• Proactive transfer vs Retroactive transfer

  Proactive transfer: the effect of an earlier skill on a skill being learned now. Retroactive transfer: the effect of a skill being learned now on an earlier skill.

• Fixed practice vs Variable practice

  Fixed practice: repeating a skill under the same unchanging conditions. Variable practice: repeating a skill under changing conditions.

• Massed practice vs Distributed practice

  Massed practice: repeated attempts with little or no rest between. Distributed practice: attempts separated by rest periods.

Questions from this topic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

1. 1

   What is transfer of learning?

   Model answer

   Transfer of learning is the effect that learning one skill has on learning or performing another. The effect can help, hinder or have none at all.

2. 2

   What is positive transfer?

   Model answer

   Positive transfer is when learning one skill helps the learning of another. An overarm throw helps a tennis serve.

3. 3

   What is negative transfer?

   Model answer

   Negative transfer is when learning one skill hinders the learning of another. A tennis player learning badminton may find a firm tennis wrist hinders the badminton flick.

4. 4

   What is proactive transfer?

   Model answer

   Proactive transfer is the effect of a skill learned earlier on a skill being learned now. Earlier learning shapes new learning.

5. 5

   What is retroactive transfer?

   Model answer

   Retroactive transfer is the effect of a skill being learned now on a skill learned earlier. New learning changes how an old skill is performed.

6. 6

   What is bilateral transfer?

   Model answer

   Bilateral transfer is the transfer of a skill from one side of the body to the other. A footballer learns to pass with the weaker foot.

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Transfer, Practice, Guidance and Feedback revision questions

Is Transfer, Practice, Guidance and Feedback examined at AS in WJEC Physical Education?

Yes. It sits in AS Unit 1, which you take in the first year, so it is on the AS paper as well as counting towards the full A level.

What does Transfer, Practice, Guidance and Feedback cover in WJEC AS-Level Physical Education?

4 subtopics: types of transfer, methods of practice, methods of guidance and types and uses of feedback. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

How is Transfer, Practice, Guidance and Feedback organised?

By the WJEC 601-8485-1 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.