C.00 Introduction to Measures - Part 2 - Acquisition

The martial arts instructor wanted to find a teaching procedure that produced the most improvement in the student's rate of blocking punches per amount of teaching time. Which measure would be the most useful?

celeration

The martial arts student needed to remain in horse stance for 10 minutes in order to pass his belt test. Which measure would be the most useful?

duration

A child engages in a low occurrence of aggression in the classroom. If we reported instances of aggression based on a weekly timeframe, which measure would be most appropriate?

frequency

The musician needed to pause at least 5 seconds between the end of the first section and beginning of the next section in order to play the music according to the composer's instructions. Which measure would be the most useful?

inter-response time

The martial arts student needed to block within one second after the instructor threw a punch in order to keep from getting injured. Which measure would be the most useful?

latency

The martial arts student needed to perform 70% of the techniques correctly in order to pass his belt test. Which measure would be the most useful?

percent of occurrence

The musician needed to play the piece at 60 notes per minute in order to play the music according to the composer's instructions. Which measure would be the most useful?

rate

The student needed to write 10 words per minute in order to complete the writing assignment by the deadline. Which measure would be the most useful?

rate

The martial arts instructor wanted to decrease the number of trials it took his student to perform a technique correctly. Which measure would be the most useful?

trials of criterion