Today I am looking up some research on skill retention and skill decay for a proposal.
References I looked up:
1. http://www.tatrc.org/conferences/MMVR_2011/ppt/ONeil-MMVR-CCC-2011.pdf
The above is a set of slides on the topic of skill retention in medicine. They advocate an ITS-like approach to addressing skill decay. A couple of points:
1. School knowledge decays less than (what? not mentioned).
2. Motor skills decay less than cognitive skills. Fall steeper and faster.
3. They recommend an approach of modeling learning skills and targeting decaying skills with lessons targeting a single skill.
2. http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~antonvillado/courses/12a_psyc630001/Arthur,%20Bennett,%20Stanush,%20&%20McNelly%20(1998)%20HP.pdf
A meta analysis of factors that influence skill retention/decay.
1. Overlearning leads to better retention
2. Closed-loop task knowledge decays faster than Open-loop task expertise (close-loop task = those with a fixed sequence of tasks that have a definite beginning and end)
3. Speed tasks decay less than accuracy tasks
4. Physical skills decay less than cognitive skills
5. Skill on artificial tasks decays more than natural tasks
6. Studies that used recognition tests reported less skill decay than those that used recall tests
7. Skill decay is more apparent when the retention test does not have the same context and the learning context.
References I looked up:
1. http://www.tatrc.org/conferences/MMVR_2011/ppt/ONeil-MMVR-CCC-2011.pdf
The above is a set of slides on the topic of skill retention in medicine. They advocate an ITS-like approach to addressing skill decay. A couple of points:
1. School knowledge decays less than (what? not mentioned).
2. Motor skills decay less than cognitive skills. Fall steeper and faster.
3. They recommend an approach of modeling learning skills and targeting decaying skills with lessons targeting a single skill.
2. http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~antonvillado/courses/12a_psyc630001/Arthur,%20Bennett,%20Stanush,%20&%20McNelly%20(1998)%20HP.pdf
A meta analysis of factors that influence skill retention/decay.
1. Overlearning leads to better retention
2. Closed-loop task knowledge decays faster than Open-loop task expertise (close-loop task = those with a fixed sequence of tasks that have a definite beginning and end)
3. Speed tasks decay less than accuracy tasks
4. Physical skills decay less than cognitive skills
5. Skill on artificial tasks decays more than natural tasks
6. Studies that used recognition tests reported less skill decay than those that used recall tests
7. Skill decay is more apparent when the retention test does not have the same context and the learning context.
