EFFECTS OF MODEL-BASED SPORT TEACHING ON STUDENTS’ COGNITIVE AND MOTOR SKILLS OUTCOMES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

ABSTRACT

This systematic review aims to identify and summarize studies that analyzed the effects of interventions that used sports teaching models (STM) in physical education classes on cognitive and motor skills outcomes. Six bases were defined as data sources: (a) SportDiscus; (b) Scielo; (c) Web of Science; (d) Scopus; (e) ERIC and (f) PsycInfo. The initial search was carried out with the following terms: “Pedagogical Model” OR, “Education Model”, OR, “Teaching Games” AND, “Sports” AND, “Physical Education”. The 24 articles analyzed met the following criteria: (a) intervention studies with quantitative or mixed analysis; (b) performed during physical education classes; and, (c) aim to verify the effects of STM on cognitive or motor skills outcomes. The analysis of bias/quality of the studies was performed based on the PEDro scale. Interventions were found with the Sport Education Model (SEM - 41.7%), Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU - 33.3%), Tactical Games (TG - 4.2%) and Hybrid Models (HM - 20.8%). The results indicate positive effects of the three models (SEM, TGfU/TG and HM) on game performance and decision-making. SEM still had a positive effect on game involvement, knowledge and skill execution, with STM with more outcomes with positive results. Future investigations should consider intervening factors such as sex, skill level, teaching groups, teacher experience, time and unit content.

Keywords:
School physical education; Pedagogical models; Cognition; Motor skills