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Direct linkSusnara, Daniela M.; Curtner-Smith, Matthew; Wind, Stefanie A. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2022
Purpose: To examine the impact of an out-of-school swimming program on children and youth from one underserved community. Method: Participants were 200 children and youth who attended the out-of-school swimming program during two consecutive summers. The theoretical framework employed drew from previous research on socialization. A mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Aquatic Sports, Skill Development, Safety, Summer Programs
Morales-Belando, Maria Trinidad; Arias-Estero, Jose L. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2017
Purpose: To determine whether a TGfU intervention improved participants' decision-making, skill execution, game performance, game involvement, game knowledge, enjoyment, perceived competence, and intention to continue practicing sailing. Method: Participants were 19 sailors (age: M = 8.44, SD = 1.24 years old). This study followed a mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Decision Making, Skill Development
Mahedero, Pilar; Calderón, Antonio; Arias-Estero, José Luis; Hastie, Peter A.; Guarino, Anthony J. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2015
The purpose of the paper was to examine the effects of student skill level on knowledge, decision making, skill execution and game performance in a mini-volleyball Sport Education season. Forty-eight secondary school students from two classes participated in a 12 lesson season. Knowledge, decision-making and skill execution (components of game…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Knowledge Level, Skill Development, Decision Making Skills
Farias, Cláudio Filipe; Mesquita, Isabel Ribeiro; Hastie, Peter A. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2015
The impact of a hybrid Sport Education-Invasion Games Competence Model (IGCM) unit of instruction on students' game performance and game understanding in soccer was examined in this study. Pre- and posttest measures were collected from one fifth grade class of students (n = 24, mean age 10.3) residing in Portugal during a 17-lesson unit of…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Athletics, Pretests Posttests, Grade 5
Miller, Andrew – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2015
The purpose of this systematic review was to investigate the weight of scientific evidence regarding student outcomes (physical, cognitive and affective) of a Game Centered Approach (GCA) when the quality of a study was taken into account in the interpretation of collective findings. A systematic search of five electronic databases (Sports…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Literature Reviews, Educational Games, Children
Zhu, Xihe; Chen, Ang – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2013
This study examined the relation between adolescent expectancy-value motivation, achievements, and after-school physical activity participation. Adolescents (N = 854) from 12 middle schools completed an expectancy-value motivation questionnaire, pre and posttests in psychomotor skill and health-related fitness knowledge tests, and a three-day…
Descriptors: Correlation, Psychomotor Skills, Physical Activities, Questionnaires
Peer reviewedGriffin, Linda L., Ed.; Placek, Judith H., Ed. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2001
This collection of papers brings together two lines of research about children's knowledge in physical education, one from the University of Massachusetts and the other from the University of Alabama. Both sets of research studies are grounded in a learning orientation, with researchers believing in the importance of studying children's knowledge…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level
