How Does Increasing Contextual Interference in a Musical Practice Session Affect Acquisition and Retention?

IF 1.2 4区 教育学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Journal of Research in Music Education Pub Date : 2024-04-02 DOI:10.1177/00224294231222801
Thomas Mathias, Andrew Goldman
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of three schedules of practice on high-level violinists’ learning. The contextual interference (CI) effect occurs when two or more tasks are practiced in an interleaved manner, which has been shown to impair initial learning but improve retention. How a musician alternates between tasks during practice can have a great impact on learning. This study was designed to explore how an increasing schedule of CI within a practice session would compare to the traditional blocked and random schedules. Sport research has shown a dynamically adaptive schedule to be advantageous, yet this area is relatively unexplored in music. Twenty advanced violinists at a music school practiced three sets of musical excerpts under three practice schedule conditions: blocked (pieces practiced one at a time), increasing contextual interference (blocked and then random), and interleaved (pieces randomly alternating). Recordings were taken at the stages of sight-reading, acquisition (immediately after practice sessions), and retention (24 hours later). Expert ratings of each musician’s recordings revealed no effect at the acquisition stage. However, at the delayed retention test, the blocked condition proved to be most effective. Fifty percent of participants perceived blocked practice to be the most effective.
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在音乐练习课中增加情境干扰如何影响习得和保持?
本研究旨在调查三种练习计划对高水平小提琴手学习的影响。情境干扰(CI)效应发生在以交错方式练习两个或多个任务时,它已被证明会损害初始学习,但会提高保持率。音乐家在练习过程中如何交替完成任务会对学习产生很大影响。本研究旨在探索在练习过程中增加 CI 的安排与传统的分块和随机安排相比有何不同。体育研究表明,动态自适应时间表具有优势,但这一领域在音乐方面的研究相对较少。一所音乐学校的 20 名高级小提琴手在三种练习计划条件下练习了三组音乐选段:封闭式(每次练习一首乐曲)、增加情境干扰(先封闭后随机)和交错式(乐曲随机交替)。在视奏、习得(练习结束后立即进行)和保持(24 小时后)阶段进行录音。专家对每位音乐家的录音进行评分后发现,在习得阶段没有任何影响。然而,在延迟保持测试中,封锁条件被证明是最有效的。50%的参与者认为阻断练习最有效。
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期刊介绍: The quarterly Journal of Research in Music Education comprises reports of original research related to music teaching and learning. The wide range of topics includes various aspects of music pedagogy, history, and philosophy, and addresses vocal, instrumental, and general music at all levels, from early childhood through adult.
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