Physical Education A-Level
Stage of learning and task difficulty
What Stage of learning and task difficulty means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Stage of learning and task difficulty
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The model links arousal, task difficulty and stage of learning, since a well-learned skill usually has a correct dominant response while a skill still being learned often has an incorrect one.
Topics that use Stage of learning and task difficulty
- Social facilitation (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Arousal and performance
- Arousal and the dominant response
- Audience interpretation
- Drive theory and the dominant response
- Evaluation apprehension
- Overlearning
- Perceived judgement
- Social facilitation
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