Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of feedback given to a target student(s) from proximal sector (close by) and distal sectors (at a distance) on rate and type of feedback of two middle school physical education teachers. The design used in this investigation was a reversal A-B-A-B with two treatments, single case design across subjects. The two treatments (independent variables) were proximal (same sector) feedback and distal (opposite sector) feedback. The results indicated both teachers tended to use more skill feedback and less management feedback with their classes when using distal feedback.

Keywords

Feedback, Teacher Effectiveness, Physical Education,

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