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Beseler, Bradley; Mesagno, Christopher; Spittle, Michael; Johnson, Nicola F.; Harvey, Jack; Talpey, Scott; Plumb, Mandy S. – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2022
Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the follow-through on thrown ball velocity, potentially justifying inclusion of the follow-through in Roberton's five critical components. Method: Seventy-eight University students participated in the overarm, dominant hand, throwing task, which involved throwing a standard tennis…
Descriptors: Physics, Psychomotor Skills, Physical Activities, Gender Differences
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Gibert, Michael; Tedd, Bernie – School Science Review, 2016
Raising the profile of physics is particularly important in girls' schools. Here we describe a range of astronomical activities and observations that we have used, which we hope will inspire teachers at other schools to do likewise.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Females, Single Sex Schools, Disproportionate Representation
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Gonsalves, Allison J. – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2014
Doctoral physics students have stories about what kinds of actions, behaviours and ways of doing physics allow individuals to be recognized as physicists. Viewing a physics department as a case study, and individual participants as embedded cases, this study used a sociocultural approach to examine the ways doctoral students construct these…
Descriptors: Physics, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Scientists