The main purpose in this study was to determine the effect of a group contingency reinforcement procedure upon selected volleyball playing skills. Subjects were 130 fourth grade students (62 boys and 68 girls). During an 11 week volleyball program which was part of the school's physical education curriculum, subjects performed on four volleyball skill tests (i.e., serving, passing, volleying, and setting-up). / A group contingency reinforcement procedure was applied to two experimental groups. Three control groups followed the same schedule as the two experimental groups: two control groups were "yoked" to the two experimental groups and received the reinforcer everytime the reinforcer was earned by the experimental group. The additional control group, representing the traditional approach, played the volleyball game according to a predetermined calendar. / Because differences among the five groups were found on two of four volleyball group scores at the pretest, an ANCOVA was undertaken for these tests. Since no initial differences were found on the volleyball passing and setting-up group scores, an ANOVA was performed to evaluate the effect of the group contingency reinforcement procedure for these two tests. / Analysis of the data revealed the clear superiority of the group contingency reinforcement treatment over the yoked group scores on two (volleying and setting-up) out of four volleyball skills; another skill, passing, approached significance. The application of the group contingency reinforcement procedure on performance of the volleyball skills was shown to be a valuable methodological approach that could be used by physical education teachers and coaches in order to improve group performance. The implementation of a behavior modification procedure in a physical education setting can be effective if carefully designed and implemented. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-08, Section: A, page: 2595. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74910 |
| Contributors | LACOSTE, PIERRE., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 167 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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