Does "sneaky fox" facilitate learning? Examining the effects of seductive details in physical education.
While seductive details are enjoyable, they are unimportant content or activities intentionally inserted to make class fun and interesting. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of seductive details on students' learning of net games in physical education. Participants were 240 middle school students. A videotaped lesson example named "outfox your opponent" was used as the stimulus, and a 2 x 3 (condition x grade) factorial analysis was designed. The results showed that seductive details directly interrupted students' recall of important learning content and transferring problem solving in learning net games. It is suggested that the function of seductive details on learning should be reconsidered when designing effective motivational strategies in physical education.
Shen
Bo
B
Division of Kinesiology, Health, and Sport Studies, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. boshen@wayne.edu
McCaughtry
Nate
N
Martin
Jeffrey
J
Dillion
Suzanna
S
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D011340:Problem Solving; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014743:Videotape Recording