Structure of the environment The motor teacher must assess: the environment's relation with the task the environment's relation with the person

Relation of environmental structure to task:

Fitts distinguished between open and closed tasks, depending on whether the task environment is stable or changing.

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Relation of environmental structure to person:

Gibson linked environment, person, and task in his writings on "perception-action" theory.

• perceptual control of movement, including locomotion
  • focus of expansion
  • time to collision

• perception of surfaces / affordances
  • climbability
  • walkability
  • passability
  • catchability
  • graspability

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