MOTOR CONTROL AND LEARNING
FITS AND POSNER THREE STAGE MODEL
AUTONOMOUS STAGE
MOVEMENT ARE MORE ACCURATE, CONSISTENT AND EFFICIENT. MOVEMENT IS LARGELY CONTROLLED AUTOMATICALLY.
PROCESS MUCH TIME AND PRACTICE
ASSOCIATION STAGE
MOVEMENT ARE MORE FLUID, RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT. SOME PARTS OF THE MOVEMENT ARE CONTROLLED CONSCIOUSLY, SOME AUTOMATICALLY.
OTHER NAME MOTOR STAGE
OTHER NAME VERBAL-MOTOR STAGE
PROCESS PUTTING ACTIONS TOGETHER
COGNITIVE STAGE
MOVEMENTS ARE SLOW, INCONSISTENT AND INEFFICIENT. LARGE PART OF THE MOVEMENT ARE CONTROLLED CONSCIOUSLY.
PROCESS GATHERING INFORMATION
GENTILE TWO STAGE MODEL
LATER STAGE
INVOLVES LEARNER ACQUIRING THREE CHARACTERISTICS: 1) ADAPTING MOVEMENT PATTERN ACQUIRED IN INITIAL STAGE TO DEMANDS OF ANY PERFORMANCE SITUATION 2) INCREASE CONSISTENCY OF ACTION GOAL ACHIEVEMENT 3) PERFORM WITH AN ECONOMY OF EFFORT
INITIAL STAGE
LEARNER WORKS TO ACHIEVE TWO GOALS: 1) MOVEMENT COORDINATION PATTERN TO ENABLE SOME DEGREE OF SUCCESS ACHIEVING ACTION GOAL 2) LEARN TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN REGULATORY AND NON-REGULATORY CONDITIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT