TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of student skill level on knowledge, decision making, skill execution and game performance in a mini-volleyball Sport Education season
AU - Mahedero, Pilar
AU - Calderón, Antonio
AU - Arias-Estero, José Luis
AU - Hastie, Peter A.
AU - Guarino, Anthony J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Human Kinetics, Inc.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - 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 minivolleyball 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 play) were evaluated prior to and on completion of the season. Paired t test analysis showed that the game performance components of decision making and game play achieved significant gains. Further, results of the regression analyses detected that the sigmoidal model was indeed superior to the linear model for (a) skill execution, (b) game play, and (c) knowledge, by explaining 4.0, 2.8, and 3.25 times more of the variance respectively. That is, improvements of the highest and lowest skilled students were less significant than those of more moderate levels. This outcome, accompanied by a lack of general improvement in skill execution, suggests that future research should examine in more detail the progressive development of the tasks and learning experiences incorporated during seasons of Sport Education.
AB - 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 minivolleyball 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 play) were evaluated prior to and on completion of the season. Paired t test analysis showed that the game performance components of decision making and game play achieved significant gains. Further, results of the regression analyses detected that the sigmoidal model was indeed superior to the linear model for (a) skill execution, (b) game play, and (c) knowledge, by explaining 4.0, 2.8, and 3.25 times more of the variance respectively. That is, improvements of the highest and lowest skilled students were less significant than those of more moderate levels. This outcome, accompanied by a lack of general improvement in skill execution, suggests that future research should examine in more detail the progressive development of the tasks and learning experiences incorporated during seasons of Sport Education.
KW - Game performance
KW - Knowledge
KW - Physical education
KW - Skill level
KW - Sport education
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84951129344&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1123/jtpe.2014-0061
DO - 10.1123/jtpe.2014-0061
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84951129344
SN - 0273-5024
VL - 34
SP - 626
EP - 641
JO - Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
JF - Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
IS - 4
ER -