Examining the Use of Verbal Teacher Feedback in Physical Education Lessons
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- What is the frequency of teachers’ feedback?
- What types of feedback are most used?
- Do the above answers to 1 and 2 differ based on pupil age?
- Do the above answers to 1 and 2 differ based on teacher gender?
- Do the above answers to 1 and 2 differ based on teacher experience?
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Systematic Observations
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. What Is the Frequency of Teachers’ Feedback?
3.2. What Types of Feedback Were Most Used?
3.3. Do the Above Answers to 1 and 2 Differ Based on Pupil Age?
3.4. Do the Above Answers to 1 and 2 Differ Based on Pupil Teacher Gender?
3.5. Do the Above Answers to 1 and 2 Differ Based on Teacher Experience?
4. Discussion
5. Limitations
6. Recommendations
7. Further Research
8. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Teacher | Gender | Age | Years of Teaching Experience |
---|---|---|---|
Teacher 1 | Female | 32 | 10 |
Teacher 2 | Female | 37 | 15 |
Teacher 3 | Female | 26 | 2 |
Teacher 4 | Female | 24 | 2 |
Teacher 5 | Male | 30 | 7 |
Teacher 6 | Male | 28 | 6 |
Teacher 7 | Male | 37 | 8 |
Teacher 8 | Male | 28 | 2 |
Specific Positive | Specific Negative |
---|---|
Good you followed through well Good drag That was good defending I liked the way that you got low in the tackle Good serve Excellent counterattack | Don’t lose sight of the ball and your man Don’t force the pass The attack is too slow You’re swinging too early You’ve got to talk You maybe got caught a bit too wide |
General Positive | General Negative | Corrective Feedback |
---|---|---|
Well tried Good job Much better Well done That’s lovely I like that | Don’t do that again Oh, guys, please That was rubbish You got that wrong Not from there | It would help if your stance was not a metre wide You probably do not want to be on the same side as your team-mate initially Move your feet and not your stick Pass it earlier next time Force them away from the goal when they are attacking We need to increase the ball pace’ |
Feedback Behaviour | Frequency | % |
---|---|---|
Specific positive feedback | 441 | 25.6 |
Specific negative feedback | 97 | 7 |
General positive feedback | 610 | 44.6 |
General negative feedback | 105 | 7.3 |
Corrective feedback | 220 | 15.5 |
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