CHAPTER 7
OBSERVATION AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD
INTRODUCTION
Learning through watching others appears to be a pervasive method of skill acquisition. The fact that observing someone else perform a skill can positively impact on one's own skill is not debated. What is of interest and debate, however, concerns how learning is achieved through watching others (or oneself), what information is being imparted, and how this depends on the complexity of the action, the skill level, and the goals of the watcher. This information filters down to techniques for imparting knowledge through demonstrations, such as understanding when demonstrations should be given and what they should contain. This, perhaps, becomes ...
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