Mileti?, ?ur?ica; Jeli?i?, Mario; Oreb, Goran - The effects of a visual model and knowledge of performance on dance skills

摘要

The influence of two methods of providing information for women aged 19.5 who were novices and learning basic Cha-Cha dance figures was examined. One group (N=19) obtained information by watching a model performed by an expert; with the second group (N=19) information was provided as verbal perspective feedback or knowledge of performance, while in the third group (N=18) both of these two sources of information provided interacted in a learning situation. The acquisition at the beginning and at the end of the motor stage of the learning process and the retention (two weeks later) of seven basic Cha-Cha dance figures was measured. The results based on these measurements in the acquisition test showed that all three sources, without any significant differences (ANOVA) in information, provided sufficient information for the subjects to improve their performance and to achieve comparable levels of skill. However, according to the results of the retention test a mere visual demonstration is an insufficient source of the information required by novices to develop a memorial representation of the skills (basic Cha-Cha dance steps).