5. Vernadakis, N., Antoniou, P., Zetou, E. & Kioumourtzoglou, E. (2004). Comparison of Three Different Instructional Methods on Teaching the Skill of Shooting in Basketball. Journal of Human Movement studies, 46, 421-440. (original) (raw)

The purpose o f this study was to determine the effect o f traditional instruction (TI), computer -assisted instruction (CAI) and m ixed instruction (MI) methods on learning the skill o f shooting in basketball. The participants were 48 middle school students o f seventh and eighth grade, aged 12-14 years old, who were randomly assigned into three teaching method groups: TI, CAI and MI. Each group received ten 45min periods o f instruction. A 10-item m ultiple-choice know ledge test and a skill test were utilised to measure learning. The result indicated: a) all the instructional groups performed sim ilarly with sign ifican t learning from pre-test to post-test, b) there w ere no significant differences between the groups concerning the know ledge and skill test, c) the mixed method as a teaching aid tended to be the most effective for cognitive learning and skill development. H owever, no significant differences were indicated between methods o f instruction on this particular shooting ability.