Surface Level Introduction to Cycle 3
Cycle three was, like Cycle One and Cycle Two were, immersed in the study of the effects of peer reviewed stroke technique. Where cycle one examined peer review from a synchronous face-to-face set up and cycle two splashed into the environment of online social networking with the use of Lore.com, Cycle Three intended to further the study of peer review with the use Lore.com by taking the results gathered in Cycle Two and making adaptations to the approach. As such, Backstroke, the second swimming stroke in the order of Individual Medley was chosen.
Starting the RippleCycle 3 Research Question:
Will peer review, asynchronously posted on Lore.com and based on video analysis, increase swimmer performance with the addition of a structured method of analysis? |
A Method of Stroke AnalysisFollowing the results of Cycle 2, it became apparent that the limited response on Lore.com, when compared to the face-to-face discussion of Cycle 1, could in fact be a result of not having provided a method of analysis. As such this VIDEO, was created to help guide the participants through the act of critiquing each others strokes.
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Seeing Below the Surface
Video Sessions 1 and 2
Just as displayed in cycle two, cycle three utilizes video annotation twice during the study. The first video session records the first underwater video of the swimmer and is annotated based on the biofeedback given to each participant in the comment threads on Lore.com. Once the swimmers have had a week to review the video, they are recorded a second time during video session two. The videos in session two are annotated based off of a comparison with the first video session, of cycle three, in order to notate which corrections, each swimmer actually adapted to their stroke. To see the video comparison in cycle three, please select M2, F1, F3 or F4. (F2 was absent during the cycle three, second video session, therefore no comparison was generated for her.)
Cycle 3 Report
Findings Surfaced
The below figures illustrate the findings of this third cycle.
The above figure represents all critiques received by the five participants of this study.
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Of the 15 critiques received by all participants 6 of them were corrected.
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Four of five participants completed this study. Three of those four improved. The other participant was absent.
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Of the three participants who improved, the two who made 2 changes dropped more than .10. However, the one participant who didnt improve made 1 change.
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What do these figures mean?
The findings in cycle three indicate that asynchronous peer review on Lore.com, based on video analysis and aided by a structured method of analysis did increase swimmer performance as evident in 75% of the participant group.