American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance - AAHPERD

Issue: November 2009    

    Integrating Motor-Learning  Concepts into Physical Education: Using Guided Discovery to Address NASPE  Standard 2
    Paul B. Rukavina & Jennifer  J. Jeansonne

Abstract: K-12  students enter physical education with many naïve conceptions or misconceptions  of how motor skills are acquired. One goal of physical education is to teach  concepts that will help students learn and perform motor skills, but many  practitioners don’t know how to provide experiences that will teach students to  apply their knowledge independently outside of the classroom when learning new  skills. This article focuses on how teachers can address NASPE national standard  two by teaching motor-learning concepts using guided discovery. A conceptual  framework for shifting the focus from the teacher to the student is provided,  as well as two examples of lesson plans that have been modified to teach developmentally  appropriate motor-learning concepts.

Article category: Teaching