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Differential Learning as a Key Training Approach to Improve Creative and Tactical Behavior in Soccer
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Santos, Sara; Coutinho, Diogo; Gonçalves, Bruno; Schöllhorn, Wolfgang; Sampaio, Jaime; Leite, Nuno – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2018
Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify the effects of a differential-learning program, embedded in small-sided games, on the creative and tactical behavior of youth soccer players. Forty players from under-13 (U13) and under-15 (U15) were allocated into control and experimental groups and were tested using a randomized pretest to posttest…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Teaching Methods, Randomized Controlled Trials, Comparative Analysis
A Multilevel Study of Self-Beliefs and Student Behaviors in a Group Problem-Solving Task
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Hanham, José; McCormick, John – Journal of Educational Research, 2018
Relationships among self-construal, self-efficacy, and group behaviors during a group problem-solving task with friends and acquaintances were hypothesized. The sample comprised 126 students in Grades 8-11, from 5 randomly selected government high schools, organized into 42 groups. Data collection involved self-reports and observations.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Student Attitudes
Analysis of Variance: Variably Complex
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Drummond, Gordon B.; Vowler, Sarah L. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2012
These authors have previously described how to use the "t" test to compare two groups. In this article, they describe the use of a different test, analysis of variance (ANOVA) to compare more than two groups. ANOVA is a test of group differences: do at least two of the means differ from each other? ANOVA assumes (1) normal distribution…
Descriptors: Test Results, Statistical Analysis, Multivariate Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Exploring the Dual-Level Effects of Transformational Leadership on Followers
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Wang, Xiao-Hua; Howell, Jane M. – Journal of Applied Psychology, 2010
We developed a dual-level transformational leadership scale to measure individual-focused behavior at the individual level and group-focused behavior at the group level, and we validated the scale using a sample of 203 members from 60 work groups in a Canadian company. Results show that individual-focused leadership behavior, at the individual…
Descriptors: Helping Relationship, Measures (Individuals), Transformational Leadership, Leadership
Development of a New Measurement Tool for Individualism and Collectivism
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Shulruf, Boaz; Hattie, John; Dixon, Robyn – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2007
A new measurement tool for individualism and collectivism has been developed to address critical methodological issues in this field of social psychology. This new measure, the Auckland Individualism and Collectivism Scale (AICS), defines three dimensions of individualism: (a) responsibility (acknowledging one's responsibility for one's actions),…
Descriptors: Individualism, Measures (Individuals), Social Psychology, Test Construction
The Group Emotionality Rating System: A Modification of Thelen's Method of Assessing Emotionality in Groups.
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Karterud, Sigmund; Foss, Torberg – Small Group Behavior, 1989
Revised Thelen's (1954) Group Emotionality Rating System, developing new criteria and assessment procedures. A reliability study of 4,343 verbal statements from 6 different Norwegian groups revealed an overall agreement of .77, with the emotionality subcategories ranging from .57 to .67. Discusses validity of the emotionality categories according…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Factor Analysis