Motor Learning

Code:

314

Acronym:

AM

Instance: 2015/2016 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=1794
Course/CS Responsible:	Sports Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCD	163	First Degree in Sports Sciences (2011/2012)	3	-	6	60	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Learning outcomes and competences

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Sport Pedagogy (1st year, 1st semester); Statistics (1st year, 2nd semester); Motor Development (2nd year, 1st semester).

Program

1. Historical periods of Motor Learning. Motor Learning as a field of study and application
2 Concepts of: motor behavior, motor learning, latent learning, motor control, performance, motor skill and motor ability. Nervous system structures involved in motor learning.
3 Theories of Motor Learning: Adams’ closed-loop control system, Schmidt’s open-loop control system and theory of dynamical systems.
4 Stages of Motor Learning and assessing Motor Learning
4.1 Stages of Motor Learning: Models of Fitts and Posner (1967) and Gentile (1972). Changes in learner and performance through the stages of learning.
4.2 Performance curves; phases of acquisition, retention and transfer; measures of precision, performance and error types of response.
5 Factors of learning
5.1 Previous factors: motivation, heating, learning goals; instruction and demonstration; characteristics of the task and of the individual.
5.2 Concomitant factors: information theory; decision making and anticipation; memory and attention; variability of conditions of practice and contextual interference; transfer of learning; fatigue.
5.3 Posterior factors: feedback; metacognition; emotional involvement
6 Synthesis. Conceptual model of human performance: the learner, the learning task and the context.

Mandatory literature

Magill Richard A.; Motor learning and control. ISBN: 978-0-07-110697-9
Schmidt Richard A.; Motor learning and performance. ISBN: 978-0-7360-6964-9
Tani Go 340; Comportamento motor
Passos Pedro 340; Comportamento motor, controlo e aprendizagem. ISBN: 978-972-735-192-3
Barreiros Joao M. P.; Aprendizagem motora
Utley Andrea; Motor control, learning and development. ISBN: 978-0-415-39139-9

Teaching methods and learning activities

Master classes.
Laboratory classes for familiarization with the various methodological designs, instruments and research procedures in the field of Motor Learning.
Fieldwork and laboratory work.
Discussion groups.

Software

Moodle

keywords

Health sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	10,00
Exame	30,00
Teste	30,00
Trabalho de campo	30,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

To access the final exam, students will have to fulfill the following criteria:
i) Attend at least 75% of theoretical and 75% of practical classes;
ii) Minimum rating of 47,5% (9.5 values) in the practical component.

Calculation formula of final grade

Theoretical component (60% of the final classification):
i) First period of evaluation: two mini-tests performed within the classes (30% each mini-test) or final exam (60%).
ii) Second period of evaluation: final exam (60%).

Will be admitted to the second mini-test: (i) Students who attend at least 75% of theoretical and practical classes; (ii) students who obtained a minimum classification of 47.5% (9.5 on a scale of 0-20) in the first mini-test; (iii) students who have obtained a minimum grade of 47.5% (9.5 on a scale of 0 to 20) in the practical component.

Will be admitted to the second period of evaluation: (i) Students who attend at least 75% of theoretical and practical classes; (ii) students who have obtained a minimum grade of 47.5% (9.5 on a scale of 0 to 20) in the practical component.

Practical component (group work, involving field work, with self and hetero-assessment) (30% of final classification); public presentation of the group work (10% of final classification).

In theoretical and practical components, the final classification cannot be less than 47.5% (9.5 on a scale of 0-20) of the respective value.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Classification improvement

The improvement of the final classification can be obtained only by repeating the exam, not repeating the group work.