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Generalization of supporting movement in tag rugby from practice to games in 7th and 8th grade physical education

Lee, Myung-Ah
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1086195558

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2004, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Educational Services and Research.
Dissatisfaction with the outcomes of traditional physical education has been a recurrent theme in the literature at least two decades. Central to the problems of traditional physical education has been ineffective game instruction. Recently, there have been a number of studies focusing on how to teach students the tactics of game play. Initial studies have failed to validate proposed instructional models. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effects of tactic-focused instruction using technique-focused instruction as baseline on the 7th and 8th grade students’ game performance, and to assess generalization effects from teaching scrimmages to scrimmages in tag rugby. Lessons were designed to provide good pedagogical examples of each instructional condition. The conditions were assessed using a multiple baseline design across two classes with a third class serving as a control. Four target students were selected from each class (n=12). The dependent variable was the percentage of correct "supporting movements" occurring during scrimmages. Results show that low skilled female and male students, and average skilled female students improved their percentage of supporting movements after the tactic-focused instruction was implemented. There were no intervention effects for average skilled male students, however, these students demonstrated practice effects during baseline. In addition, generalization from teaching scrimmages to scrimmages occurred for all student groups except average skilled males. This study contributes to the literature in three ways. First, this study demonstrates that it was possible to explicitly teach and improve the tactical performance of students. Second, this study demonstrates generalization from practice to games in physical education providing a validation of the pedagogy assessed in this study. Third, data shows that low skilled students, and in particular female students, can acquire tactical skills within an instructional unit and participate as active and successful participants in game play.
Phillip Ward (Advisor)
182 p.
Education, Physical
Tactics; Generalization

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  • Lee, M.-A. (2004). Generalization of supporting movement in tag rugby from practice to games in 7th and 8th grade physical education [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1086195558

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lee, Myung-Ah. Generalization of supporting movement in tag rugby from practice to games in 7th and 8th grade physical education. 2004. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1086195558.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lee, Myung-Ah. "Generalization of supporting movement in tag rugby from practice to games in 7th and 8th grade physical education." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1086195558

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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