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

Learning Through Sport

I mapped out the model I call Play with Purpose for developing player game sense as people were telling me that the model I was discussing filled a missing 'piece' of information for them about the Game Sense approach- when, why or how to use 'other' teaching styles in a game based approach (GBA). It depends on the task outcome requirements.

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Including Critical Thinking and Problem Solving in Physical Education

Learning Through Sport

McBride (1999) suggested that if PE teachers deliberately structure lessons with the need for critical thinking and creativity in mind, students will learn the cognitive skills and the dispositions that support them will be reinforced.