Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Manross, Mark A. URN etd-1250212199612941 Title What Children Think, Feel, and Know About the Overhand Throw Degree Master of Science Department Health and Physical Education Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title George Graham Committee Chair Janet Sawyers none Richard Stratton none Keywords
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Date of Defense 1994-11-28 Availability unrestricted Abstract
The purpose of this study was to
gather insights about the thoughts,
feelings, and knowledge children had
about the skill of throwing. Interviews,
conducted with 54 children enrolled in
two different schools, served as the
primary data collection source.
Information concerning their
knowledge of the biomechanical
throwing cues was gathered using a
written test.
The children were involved in
two different physical education
programs. One physical education
program was taught using the skills
theme approach and the other used a
traditional approach. Questions
guiding the study included asking the
children how they felt about how they
were learning to throw, what they
liked and disliked about their throwing
experiences in their physical education
classes, and how important they
thought it was to learn to throw.
Children were also asked to describe
and demonstrate the correct way to
throw a ball. Assertions were formed
using interpretive research. These
assertions framed and organized the
results section of the study.
Results indicated that the
children taught using the skills themes
approach were more knowledgeable
about the skill of throwing and they
attributed their throwing knowledge to
their physical education teacher. The
children taught using a traditional
approach showed little knowledge
about throwing and they relied on
others, not their physical education
teacher, to teach them about throwing.
Additional results revealed that all of
the children said throwing was an
important skill to learn and the way to
improve throwing performance was to
practice. Implications for teaching
throwing are offered.
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