The Influence of Refinement on Female Junior High School Students’ Volleyball Practice Success and Achievement
in Journal of Teaching in Physical EducationClick name to view affiliation
The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of refinement tasks on female seventh- and eighth-grade students’ (N = 200) daily practice success (average daily correct and total trials, and daily correct/total [C/T] ratios) and overall achievement (students’ pretest to posttest improvement) for an introductory 11-day volleyball unit. Six intact classes were randomly assigned to three groups: (a) control, (b) group receiving refinement tasks during skills progressions (extension, refinement, and application [E/R/A] group), (c) group receiving no refinement tasks during skills progressions (extension and application [E/A] group). From the analysis of the data, it was concluded that refinement tasks did have a significant positive effect on students’ daily practice success (daily C/T ratio) and overall achievement.
Tracy L. Pellett is with the Department of Physical Education at Northern Illinois University, Anderson Hall, DeKalb, IL 60115-2854. Joyce M. Harrison is with the Department of Physical Education at Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84601.
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