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Play with Purpose: inquiry strategies to use with players to develop thinking or make thinking visible

Learning Through Sport

This is where the guided or divergent discovery of new possiblities is the task intention. In this event, the teacher or coach is working with player thinking 'beyond' or 'outside' of what the player already knows, understands and can do.

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Including Critical Thinking and Problem Solving in Physical Education

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A further example of a teaching strategy that can be used to create an environment that requires the production of knowledge and creativity is divergent discovery style (Mosston & Ashworth, 2008).