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| Age-related effects of blocked and random practice schedules on learning a new technology | | Author(s) | Brian A Jamieson, Wendy A Rogers |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 55B, no 6, November 2000 |
| Pages | pp P343-353 |
| Keywords | Learning capacity ; Information technology ; Older people ; Young adults [20-25]. |
| Annotation | In the research a simulated automatic teller machine (ATM) served as a prototypical technology for which issues of training and transfer could be investigated. The focus was on the potential benefits of a random practice schedule (wherein trial types are intermixed) relative to a blocked practice schedule (trials grouped together). Both younger and older people benefited from random practice not only for acquiring the ability to perform transactions on an ATM, but also in the transfer of learning to new tasks on a new ATM. There are lessons for training and its development as applied to older people and new technology. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010307207 A |
| Classmark | DE: UVB: B: SD6 |
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