The effect of delayed knowledge of results on the performance of a dart throwing skill

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Elaine M. Bailey (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
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Gail Hennis

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of delayed knowledge of results on the performance of a dart throwing skill. The subjects were forty-five women students who were randomly selected from the freshman class at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The subjects who agreed to participate in the study were randomly assigned to one of three different groups. Each group contained fifteen subjects. Subjects threw darts over a screen at an unseen target. All three groups had an intertrial interval of 20 seconds. Group I received knowledge of results immediately after a response, then waited approximately 18 seconds before initiating the next response; Group II received knowledge of results 10 seconds after a response, then waited approximately 10 seconds before initiating the next response; Group III received knowledge of results 15 seconds after a response, then waited approximately 5 seconds before initiating the next response. All subjects practiced for four consecutive days. Each subject threw 50 darts per day for a total of 200 trials.

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Language: English
Date: 1972

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