Less pain, more gain: Rapid skill development using Old Way New Way

Paul Baxter; Harry Lyndon; Shelley Dole; Diana Battistutta

doi:10.1080/13636820400200244

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Less pain, more gain: Rapid skill development using Old Way New Way

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Less pain, more gain: Rapid skill development using Old Way New Way

Paul Baxter, Harry Lyndon, Shelley Dole and Diana Battistutta

Journal of Vocational Education and Training, Vol.56(1), pp.21-50

2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820400200244

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This study addresses an issue of global concern in skills training, namely, the rapid and permanent eradication of persistent habit errors, and bad or unsafe working practices. This article offers an alternative human factors explanation for the profound difficulties and low transfer of training experienced during error pattern retraining, and the correction of habitual performance faults. It describes Old Way New Way, a metacognitive strategy for achieving rapid and permanent error and technique correction and habit unlearning, and presents the results of an experimental trial of this behaviour change methodology. Vocational education students, representing a broad range of skill types, were recruited and randomised to one of two error correction modes, or to a control group. One Old Way New Way correction session with students yielded 80% or higher performance improvement that was maintained over three post-test periods. Students and teachers reacted positively to the Old Way New Way learning method. The high level of transfer of learning obtained is consistent with results in other settings. Implications for education, training, coaching and other performance enhancement settings are discussed.

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Title: Less pain, more gain: Rapid skill development using Old Way New Way
Authors: Paul Baxter (Author) - Personal Best Systems, Qld
Harry Lyndon (Author) - South Australia Department of Education, Training and Employment
Shelley Dole (Author) - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Diana Battistutta (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Journal of Vocational Education and Training, Vol.56(1), pp.21-50
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2004
DOI: 10.1080/13636820400200244
ISSN: 1363-6820; 1363-6820
Organisation Unit: School of Education - Legacy; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449505202621
Output Type: Journal article

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