Comparison of two TAGteach error‐correction procedures to teach beginner yoga poses to adults

Ennett et al. (2020) asked which TAGteach error-correction style works better for adults learning yoga. They ran an alternating-treatments design with four yoga novices.

Each adult got both a standard and a modified correction routine. The team tracked how fast each person hit the correct pose.

Both routines taught every adult the beginner poses. No one was left behind.

The study could not tell which routine was faster. The data landed in a tie.

Rojahn et al. (1987) used the same alternating-treatments logic decades earlier. They showed preschoolers learned labels faster when mand trials alternated with tact trials. Ennett flips the age and skill but keeps the side-by-side method.

Berkman et al. (2019) pitted enhanced written instructions against video modeling for teaching graphing. Like Ennett, they found both formats worked and let learners choose. The pattern repeats: adults learn the skill either way.

Matter et al. (2020) also compared two teaching tactics for preschoolers learning foreign words. They found one tactic was faster in most sets, unlike Ennett’s tie. The difference may be the age group or the skill complexity.

If you use TAGteach with adult clients, pick either error-correction style and stick with it. Both produce mastery, so let client preference or your session flow decide. Track timing only if speed is a clinical goal; otherwise, save your data sheets for other targets.