Because English grammar consists of a long list of features, it is impractical to include all of them in a single grammar test. It would be useful to identify among all those features the best indicators of students’ grammatical knowledge and ability so that we could focus on what were the most representative knowledge and skills and simplify grammar assessment. This study is a preliminary, small-scale attempt to do just that. It surveyed 72 high school teachers and 129 Grade 12 students on their opinions of which features of grammar best represented grammatical knowledge and ability. They were asked to choose five indicators, including the best one, and provide reasons for thinking so. The relative pronoun was selected most frequently as the best indicator of grammatical knowledge and ability, followed by subject-verb agreement, the subjunctive, to-infinitives, and participles. This paper does not claim these five features to definitively represent the best indicators; further research should be conducted.

Background: Deficiencies in the ability to maintain balance are common in elderly. Augmented feedback such as knowledge of results (KR) can accelerate learning and mastering a motor skill in older people. Objects: We designed this study to examine whether one session of Wii-Fit game with self-regulated KR is effective for elderly people, and to compare the effect of two different timings of self-regulated KR conditions. Methods: Thirty-nine community-dwelling elders, not living in hospice care or a nursing home, participated in this study. During acquisition, two groups of volunteers were trained in 10 blocks of a dynamic balancing task under the following 2 conditions, respectively: (a) a pre-trial self-regulated KR (n1=18), or (b) a post-trial self-regulated KR (n2=21). Immediate retention tests and delayed retention tests of balancing performance were administered in 15 minutes and 24 hours following acquisition period, respectively. Results: In both groups, significant improvements of balancing performances scores were observed during the acquisition period. Regardless of the group, mean of balancing performance scores on retention tests were well-maintained from the final session. There were no significant differences between groups in balancing performance scores during the acquisition period (p>.05); however, the post-trial self-regulated KR group exhibited significantly higher balancing performance scores in both the immediate retention test and delayed retention test than that of the pre-trial self-regulated KR group (p<.05). Conclusion: Therefore, subjects who regulated their feedback after a dynamic balancing task, during the acquisition period, experienced more efficient motor learning during the retention period than did subjects who regulated their feedback before a dynamic balancing task. Accordingly, in case of presenting the KR of motor learning in clinical settings to elders who reduced dynamic balance abilities, the requesting time of KR is imperative according to self-estimation processes as well as types of KR and practice.

목적 : 본 연구는 수행에 대한 지식과 결과에 대한 지식이 정신지체 성인의 운동 학습에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위함이다. 연구방법 : 한 명의 정신지체 성인 여성이 연구에 참여하였고 교대중재 방법을 적용하였다. 운동학습 과제는 기능적으로 독립된 두 가지의 서로 다른 타이핑 하기였고, 결과에 대한 지식을 제공하는 타이핑과 수행에 대한 지식을 제공하는 타이핑을 연습하게 했다. 그 이후 훈련 직후, 훈련 후 1시간 경과 후에 기초선 측정과 같은 방법으로 수행 시간과 실패율(%)을 측정하였다. 또한 훈련 효과의 보존을 알아보기 위해 이틀이 경과한 후에 다시 측정하였다. 결과 : 두 중재 모두에서 운동 학습 과제에 대한 수행시간과 오류가 감소하였다. 연습 직후에서는 수행에 대한 지식 중재가 결과에 의한 지시 중재보다 과제 수행시간 단축 백분율이 높았지만, 연습 1시간 후와 유지기간에서는 결과에 대한 지식 중재가 수행에 의한 지식 중재보다 과제 수행시간 단축 백분율이 높았다. 수행에 대한 지식 중재보다 결과에 의한 지식 중재는 각 시점에서 실패율이 낮았다. 결론 : 결과에 대한 지식 중재는 수행에 대한 지식 중재에 비해 좀 더 빠르게 학습을 촉진하고 오래 유지하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 정신지체인의 운동학습을 촉진하기 위한 되먹임으로 결과에 대한 지식 중재방법을 사용하는 것이 효과적일 것으로 생각된다.

This study is aimed at investigating the influence of different quantitative knowledge of results on the measurement error during lumbar proprioceptive sensation training. Twenty-eight healthy adult men participated and subjects were randomly assigned into four different feedback groups(100% relative frequency with an angle feedback, 50% relative frequency with an angle feedback, 100% relative frequency with a length feedback, 50% relative frequency with a length feedback). An electrogoniometer was used to determine performance error in an angle, and the Schober test with measurement tape was used to determine performance error in a length. Each subject was asked to maintain an upright position with both eyes closed and both upper limbs stabilized on their pelvis. Lumbar vertebrae flexion was maintained at for three seconds. Different verbal knowledge of results was provided in four groups. After lumbar flexion was performed, knowledge of results was offered immediately. The resting period between the sessions per block was five seconds. Training consisted of 6 blocks, 10 sessions per one block, with a resting period of one minute. A resting period of five minutes was provided between 3 blocks and 4 blocks. A retention test was performed between 10 minutes and 24 hours later following the training block without providing knowledge of results. To determine the training effects, a two-way analysis of variance and a one-way analysis of variance were used with SPSS Ver. 10.0. A level of significance was set at .05. A significant block effect was shown for the acquisition phase (p<.05), and a significant feedback effect was shown in the immediate retention phase (p>.05). There was a significant feedback effect in the delayed retention phase (p<.05), and a significant block effect in the first acquisition phase and the last retention phase (p<.05). In conclusion, it is determined that a 50% relative frequency with a length feedback is the most efficient feedback among different feedback types.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of ‘knowledge of results’ on wrist proprioceptive training in three persons with poststroke hemiplegia who had no unilateral spatial neglect on MVPT and had adequate cognition on MMSE-K. A single subject design with multiple baseline across individuals was employed. Each subject participated daily in the 10-15 minutes' wrist proprioceptive training for the affected wrist with ‘knowledge of results’ which informed the subjects of their wrist position verbally or visually as feedback. The proprioception was measured as average frequency and percentage of the correct responses on the wrist proprioceptive test in the affected side using apparatus of researcher’s own design and SoloSystem. The measurements were repeated three times; baseline, immediately, and 30 minutes after the training. The results were as follow: 1.　During the baseline period, the number of average correct responses in three subjects were: S1 7.20(36.00%), S2 7.25(36.25%), and S3 10.58(52.92%) respectively. 2.　Immediately after the training, the number of average correct responses in three subjects were: S1 14.07(69.67%), S2 12.83(64.17%), and S3 15.63 (78.13%) respectively. 3. Thirty minutes after the training, the number of average correct responses in three subjects were: S1 15.53(77.67%), S2 14.25(71.25%), S3 6.38(81.88%) respectively. 4. All the three subjects showed more correct responses in wrist proprioceptive tests at wrist flexion 60°and extension 60°during both the baseline and the training period. They also showed the highest improvement of correct response at neutral wrist position. These results indicated that ‘knowledge of results’ had positive effects on improving and maintaining the wrist proprioception of affected wrists in persons with poststroke hemiplegia. Effect of such improvement on the functional aspect of stroke-affected upper extremity remains to be evaluated in the later study.

Several studies have evaluated the effects of types of relative frequency and delay interval of knowledge of results(KR) on motor skill learning independently. The purpose of this study was to determine more effective types of KR relative frequency and KR delay interval for motor learning. Forty-six healthy subjects (15 female, 31 male) with no previous experience with this experiment participated. The subjects ranged in age from 20 to 29 years (mean=23.9, SD=0.474). All subjects were assigned to one of four groups: a high-instant group, a high-delay group, a low-instant group, and a low-delay group. During the acquisition phase, subjects practiced movements to a target (400 mm) with either a high (83%) or low (33%) KR relative frequency, and with either an instantaneous or delayed (after 8s) KR. Four groups were evaluated on retention (after 3min and 24hr) and transfer (450 mm) tests. The major findings were as follows: (1) there were no between-group differences in acquisition and short-term retention (p>0.05, (2) a low (33%) KR relative frequency during practice was as effective for learning as measured by both long-tenn retention and transfer tests, compared with high (83%) KR practice conditions (p<0.05), (3) delayed (8s) KR enhanced learning as measured by both long-term retention and transfer tests, compared with instantaneous KR practice conditions (p<0.05), and (4) there were no interactions between KR relative frequency and KR delay interval during acquisition, retention, and transfer phases. The results suggest that relatively less frequent and delayed KR are more effective types for motor learning than more frequent and instantaneous KR.ㅂ

본 연구는 Guay, salmoni, 와 Lajoie(1999)의 연구를 바탕으로 KR 간격조건과 요약된 형식의 KR조건의 상호작용효과 및 독립된 방식에서 안내가설의 지지여부를 통한 효과적인 KR 제공방법을 알아보기 위해 두 가지의 KR 간격 조건(20%, 100%)과 함께 세 가지의 요약형식 KR(ST, SUM, AVE)로 구분하여 총 6가지 형태의 KR(ST-20%, 100%, SUM 20%, 100%, AVE 20%, 100%)을 연구하였다. 양궁선수들을 대상으로 KR 간격과 요약 형식의 KR 조건에서 안내가설의 효과를 통한 효과적인 KR 제시 조건을 규명하고자 50m 실거리 과제를 선정하여 연습단계 30회 파지단계 30회를 실시 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 절대오차에서는 파지수행에 있어서 ST조건이 효과적인 것으로 나타났으나 가변오차에서는 모든 조건에서 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 요약형식의 KR제공 형태보다는 KR 간격의 조건이 학습에 보다 영향력이 있는 것으로 나타났으며, KR의 제공은 100%의 제공간격보다는 20%제공간격이 효과적임을 입증하였다.