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Describe "Fitt's and Posner's" phases of learning and explain how you would structure practices to enhance performance. 'Fitts and Posner' (1967) were interested in the changes and phases that learners go through when acquiring a skill. Their stages of learning are a series of practices and learning exercises that will help people to learn specific skills by viewing others doing so. For this they came up with 3 phases of learning that they believed all learners must go through when developing a skill. The following two definitions of learning and practice show that they are both linked: * 'Learning is a more or less permanent change in performance brought about by experience' - Knapp 1973 * Practice - repeated exercise in an activity requiring the development of skill. Dictionary definition. This means that you can't learn without practicing, therefore if you practice, you will learn. If you practice an exercise correctly, your performance should reflect...

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