ERIC Number: EJ1282392
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jan
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-1694-609X
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Visual and Kinaesthetic Instructional Cues and Deaf People's Motor Learning
Pasetto, Silmara Cristina; Barreiros, João Manuel Pardal; Corrêa, Umberto Cesar; Freudenheim, Andrea Michele
International Journal of Instruction, v14 n1 p161-180 Jan 2021
This study investigated the effects of visual and kinaesthetic instructional cues separately and in combination on the learning of motor skills by individuals with deafness. In addition, whether the mastery level of sign language would affect motor skill learning was also investigated. The task was dart throwing. The sample consisted of 69 students of elementary education, of both sexes, as follows: 43 individuals with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss (from moderate/severe to anacusis) and 26 individuals who hear. The design involved three cue groups of instructional cues: visual, kinaesthetic, and visual and kinaesthetic. The study also comprised the following phases: pretest, acquisition; post-test; and transfer test. During the acquisition phase, the cue 'elbow flexed at 90º' was through figure (visual), manipulation (kinaesthetic) or both in conjunction. Results showed that the visual group obtained smaller absolute and variable errors in the transfer test than the kinaesthetic and visual-kinaesthetic groups, and no differences were observed among groups of individuals who hear. It was concluded that: (i) the visual cue was more efficient in promoting the motor learning of the individuals with deafness than the kinaesthetic and visual-kinaesthetic cues; (ii) the effects of the visual cue were specific to the learning of the individuals with deafness in comparing to individuals who hear; and (iii) the mastery level of sign language did not affect the occurrence or failure of motor skill learning.
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Elementary School Students, Cues, Visual Stimuli, Kinesthetic Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Sign Language, Psychomotor Skills, Skill Development, Foreign Countries
International Journal of Instruction. Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Education, Eskisehir, 26480, Turkey. e-mail: iji@ogu.edu.tr; Web site: http://www.e-iji.net/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil
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