On being in the wrong place: the role of children’s conceptual understanding and ballgame experience when judging a football player’s offside position
We investigated the role of children’s conceptual understanding and ballgame experience when judging whether a football player is in an offside position, or not. In the offside position, a player takes advantage of being behind the defence line of the opposing team and just waits for the ball to arr...
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| author | Lange-Kuettner, Christiane Bosco, Giorgia |
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| description | We investigated the role of children’s conceptual understanding and ballgame experience when judging whether a football player is in an offside position, or not. In the offside position, a player takes advantage of being behind the defence line of the opposing team and just waits for the ball to arrive in order to score a goal. We explained the offside rule to 7- and 9-year-old children with a Subbuteo setup. They produced drawings of an offside position until it was correct (drawing to criterion). Thereafter, children judged whether a designated player was in an offside position in a computerized task. Like adults, also children found it easier to judge when a player was in a wrong rather than a right place. Only when including frequency of ballgame practice in the analysis it was revealed that boys were better independently of age as they judged the offside position more systematically. |
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| spelling | oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:11202019-09-09T09:34:01Z http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1120/ On being in the wrong place: the role of children’s conceptual understanding and ballgame experience when judging a football player’s offside position Lange-Kuettner, Christiane Bosco, Giorgia 150 Psychology 370 Education 790 Recreational & performing arts We investigated the role of children’s conceptual understanding and ballgame experience when judging whether a football player is in an offside position, or not. In the offside position, a player takes advantage of being behind the defence line of the opposing team and just waits for the ball to arrive in order to score a goal. We explained the offside rule to 7- and 9-year-old children with a Subbuteo setup. They produced drawings of an offside position until it was correct (drawing to criterion). Thereafter, children judged whether a designated player was in an offside position in a computerized task. Like adults, also children found it easier to judge when a player was in a wrong rather than a right place. Only when including frequency of ballgame practice in the analysis it was revealed that boys were better independently of age as they judged the offside position more systematically. IOS Press 2016-06-14 Article PeerReviewed text en https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1120/1/IJDS_CLK_GB_2016.pdf Lange-Kuettner, Christiane and Bosco, Giorgia (2016) On being in the wrong place: the role of children’s conceptual understanding and ballgame experience when judging a football player’s offside position. International Journal of Developmental Science, 10. pp. 73-84. ISSN 2191-7485 10.3233/DEV-160185 |
| spellingShingle | 150 Psychology 370 Education 790 Recreational & performing arts Lange-Kuettner, Christiane Bosco, Giorgia On being in the wrong place: the role of children’s conceptual understanding and ballgame experience when judging a football player’s offside position |
| title | On being in the wrong place: the role of children’s conceptual understanding and ballgame experience when judging a football player’s offside position |
| title_full | On being in the wrong place: the role of children’s conceptual understanding and ballgame experience when judging a football player’s offside position |
| title_fullStr | On being in the wrong place: the role of children’s conceptual understanding and ballgame experience when judging a football player’s offside position |
| title_full_unstemmed | On being in the wrong place: the role of children’s conceptual understanding and ballgame experience when judging a football player’s offside position |
| title_short | On being in the wrong place: the role of children’s conceptual understanding and ballgame experience when judging a football player’s offside position |
| title_sort | on being in the wrong place the role of children s conceptual understanding and ballgame experience when judging a football player s offside position |
| topic | 150 Psychology 370 Education 790 Recreational & performing arts |
| url | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1120/1/IJDS_CLK_GB_2016.pdf |
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