I have read many studies on practicing interfering skills simultaneously, and as far as I can tell, they mostly claim that interfering skills make performance and retention of those skills worse, but what are the deeper/longer-term effects of practicing in this way?
Does practicing interfering skills at the same time affect some higher level mechanisms of attention control or information resolution? It seems like this must be the case, but I haven't read anything where the researchers ask or test this question. Any resources to read or answers from interested researchers would be appreciated.
I'm asking a more longitudinal question. Looking past performance on a single test or series, what are the effects of practicing skills that interfere with each other in the long run?
For example: doing mental math while performing a repeating sequence of movements, such as 3 or 4 dance steps over and over. They compete for attention, as one is internally focused, and the other external, and both require working memory.
Respecting tacit knowledge while enhancing explicit knowledge provides the right combination in higher learning. Perhaps systems thinking approach would facilitate.
Dr. Misra, that's very interesting. Please explain more if you get a chance.
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