Monday, December 14, 2009

Fitts and Posner (1967)

Fitts and Posner (1967) suggested that the learning process is sequential and that we move through specific phases as we learn. There are three stages to learning a new skill:

* Cognitive phase - Identification and development of the component parts of the skill - involves formation of a mental picture of the skill
* Associative phase - Linking the component parts into a smooth action - involves practicing the skill and using feedback to perfect the skill
* Autonomous phase - Developing the learned skill so that it becomes automatic - involves little or no conscious thought or attention whilst performing the skill - not all performers reach this stage

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