The long-term development of volleyball game play performance using Sport Education and the Step-Game-Approach model

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Araújo ◽  
Peter Hastie ◽  
Keith R Lohse ◽  
Cristiana Bessa ◽  
Isabel Mesquita

The purpose of this study was to analyse 18 Portuguese high school students’ game play performance improvements across three hybrid Sport Education-Step-Game-Approach volleyball seasons. Students’ play performance at the entry and exit points of each season was evaluated using the Game Performance Assessment Instrument during 2 vs2 games. A series of hierarchical linear models was then constructed in order to quantify the impact of gender, skill and time on the students’ Game Performance Index scores over the three seasons. The best predictive model showed a nonlinear effect of time on student performance such that all participants’ levels improved from their first experience at the seventh-grade through to the end of the ninth-grade season. This study has shown the value of implementing multiple seasons of the same sport within Sport Education, as the implementation of three seasons seemed to produce a fading in the gaps between skill levels.

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 626-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pilar Mahedero ◽  
Antonio Calderón ◽  
José Luis Arias-Estero ◽  
Peter A. Hastie ◽  
Anthony J. Guarino

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.


Author(s):  
Heber Gonçalves Guedes ◽  
Aziz Xavier Beiruth

The goal of the study was to analyze the effect of granting financial incentives to teachers in relation to the performance of students from full-time schools of Espírito Santo. A method of matching was used by means PSM (propensity score matching) and then a Tobit regression to analyze the exam scores of the SAEB (National Basic Education Assessment System) in 2017. The results found showed that there is a positive association and related between the BD (Bonificação por Desempenho) program and the Portuguese and mathematics grades of third-year high school students from full-time schools in Espírito Santo. The work concludes by explaining that the success of the program to the reduction in absenteeism and the decrease in teacher turnover.


2021 ◽  
pp. 003151252110218
Author(s):  
M. Pilar Mahedero ◽  
Antonio Calderón ◽  
Peter Hastie ◽  
José L. Arias-Estero

The purpose of this study was to explore any differences in game performance variables and knowledge among a cohort of high school students who participated in either homogeneous or heterogeneous skill level groups (N = 126) across a 12-lesson mini-volleyball sport education unit of study. This study followed a mixed-methods approach using a quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test design. The quantitative variables analyzed were decision making, skill execution, game performance, game involvement, and game knowledge. We also evaluated students’ performance qualitatively, employing two methods: (a) experts’ analysis of students’ game performance, and (b) students’ and teachers’ perceptions of students’ performance. We analyzed quantitative data through a series of paired samples t-tests comparing pre- and post-test scores according to the grouping strategy. Students became more competent in their game play and more knowledgeable in their technique, the sport’s rules, tactical awareness, and general game knowledge. However, grouping students by skill level had no impact on gains in game performance variables and knowledge. Although sport education literature shows a preference for heterogeneity in ability-based grouping, within our data both heterogeneous and homogenous groups of higher and lower skilled students achieved improvements in game performance and knowledge, leading us to suggest that teachers who are interested in grouping students to create a meaningful learning experience should consider criteria other than student ability.


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 691-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cláudio Farias ◽  
Isabel Mesquita ◽  
Peter Andrew Hastie

This study was the first to examine game performance according to the tactical structures of invasion games throughout three consecutive model-based units. Twenty-six seventh grade students participated in three Sport Education seasons (basketball, handball, and football) taught through the tactical framework Invasion Games Competence model. Team membership remained the same throughout the three seasons and pre- and post-test game-play of three-a-side games involving the same opponent teams was assessed. Measures included overall game performance and four tactical structures indices: creating scoring opportunities (CSO); setting up an attack (SUA); prevent CSO; and prevent SUA. A 3 (group) × 2 (time) repeated measures analysis of variance tested differences between sports in the five performance measures. Correlations between the four tactical structures and game performance were tested and a hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used to examine the predictive weight of the four tactical structures indices on game performance. While there were significant improvements in game performance of handball and football, but not in basketball, the breaking down of performance into tactical structures indices showed improvements in all seasons. The correlations increased across time between tactical structures indices and game performance and the predictive model of game performance extended to include the four tactical structures. Performance improvements were associated with contextual features of extended team membership and consequent attunement of game-play interpersonal dynamics, nature of peer-teaching mediation, and game forms design. Future research should examine the effects on game performance development of student augmented participation in problem-solving processes and asymmetric opposition game forms.


2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tristan Wallhead ◽  
Alex C. Garn ◽  
Carla Vidoni ◽  
Charli Youngberg

Sport Education has embedded pedagogical strategies proposed to reduce the prevalence of amotivation in physical education. The purpose of this study was to provide an examination of the game play participation rates of amotivated students within a Sport Education season. A sample of 395 high school students participated in a season of team handball. A multistep cluster analysis approach revealed three motivational profiles: amotivated, moderate and high clusters. A priori analyses revealed differences in perceived effort, enjoyment, and need satisfaction across the three profile groups. Game play participation rates coded throughout the season revealed no significant differences in ball engagement or success rates across motivational profile groups. A significant difference occurred in active game participation between the high and amotivated students. Results suggest that Sport Education elicits a level of inclusive game play participation across students of different motivational profiles.


2020 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Stoepker ◽  
Brian Dauenhauer

Recent literature has shown that the implementation of classroom physical activity (PA) has had a positive impact on overall student performance. However, most of the classroom-based PA literature has explored the impact on elementary students. The purpose of this study was to examine how high school students and teachers feel about the implementation, feasibility, and application of integrating movement into the classroom. Findings from nine individual teacher interviews, one teacher focus group (n = 4), and five student focus groups (n = 20) were analyzed. Four themes were created from the teacher interviews and student focus groups: (a) implementation time of classroom PA, (b) desirable minutes of classroom PA, (c) yoga is the preferred activity, and (d) classroom PA value. Results from this study suggest that students and teachers value the integration of classroom PA but that they have conflicting viewpoints on various components that go into providing movement opportunities.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-36
Author(s):  
Moise Lindor ◽  
Marilú Carro Suárez

The objective of this work is to analyze the impact of violence, crime, kidnapping and extreme poverty on the academic performance and mental health of high school and undergraduate students in public schools and colleges located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is a qualitative research of a deductive type and a semi-structured interview to collect the data and draw the pertinent conclusions. The results show a proportion of undergraduate students in very difficult socioeconomic situations, and with fear of being kidnapped when going to school, due to violent acts. Likewise, high school students have expressed their fear of being violated, which causes various psychological disorders. It was concluded that poverty and violent events harm inclusive and continuous education, school performance, collective well-being and the tranquility of students, and the general population


2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-153
Author(s):  
Müge Çelik Örücü ◽  
Sühendan Er

The relationships that exist among brothers and sisters have been much less researched and observed than other kinds of family relationships. Thus, the impact of sibling dyads' gender and age difference on Turkish adolescents' communication satisfaction and trust was examined. The sample consisted of 272 (154 female, 118 male) Turkish high school students, all of whom were aged between 14 and 18 years and had 1 younger sibling. They were asked to complete the Sibling Communication Satisfaction Scale and the Dyadic Trust Scale. A significant gender difference was obtained for both trust and communication satisfaction, wherein females were more likely than males were to trust and be satisfied with their level of communication with their siblings, especially in the case of same-gender siblings. However, no significant result was found for age difference in terms of either trust or communication satisfaction.


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