Knowledge of results and knowledge of performance
What Knowledge of results and knowledge of performance means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Knowledge of results tells the performer the outcome, while knowledge of performance describes the quality of the movement itself.
Extrinsic feedback may be knowledge of results, about the outcome, or knowledge of performance, about the technique.
Topics that use Knowledge of results and knowledge of performance
- Use of guidance and feedback (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Classification of feedback by effect on the learner
- Cognitive stage
- Concurrent and terminal feedback
- Detection and correction of error
- Extrinsic feedback
- Information overload
- Intrinsic and extrinsic feedback
- Intrinsic feedback
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