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Effect Of Handedness On Gross Motor Skill Acquisition Among College Undergraduates, Anthony Paul Parish
Effect Of Handedness On Gross Motor Skill Acquisition Among College Undergraduates, Anthony Paul Parish
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There is little applicable research investigating educational adaptation for handedness and even less research dealing with physical skill development. Given that PE teachers and students frequently rely on demonstrations to enhance learning, this study sought to determine if the congruence between teacher and student handedness is important? It was hypothesized that performance and form scores of left-handers that see a right-handed demonstration would be significantly higher than those of right-handers that see a left-handed demonstration.
A lacrosse shot was demonstrated to a group of 69 college-aged participants that were equally split in numbers between male and female and left and …