Learning possibility of first-year high school students to learn striking and fielding tactics in game classes

The purpose of this study was to identify the learning potential of tactics in the firstyear high school students in striking and fielding game class, based on a case study of student's prior experiences.The subjects of the analysis were 46 students who elected striking and fielding game class based on Teaching Games for Understanding.The comprehension of the tactics taught in the unit and the learning potential were evaluated from assessed tactical knowledge test conducted 3 times(first, tenth and thirteenth hours) .The results of this study are as follows.1)Experienced students generally understood the tactics set in this study from the beginning of the unit.In addition, their understanding was maintained throughout the unit.2)Inexperienced students showed limited understanding of "decisions of defensive role actions" and "decisions of base running" at the beginning of the unit.3)Inexperienced students were able to understand the tactics about "back up the catcher" and "base cover" among decision of defensive role actions more than 70% of the students by the end of the 9-hour stage of the unit.On the other hand, 'relay' and 'back up base cover' remained a challenging to understand for the inexperienced students even at the end of the 13-hour unit.This was considered to be because it was difficult to guarantee learning opportunities during the game and learning through the game did not progress effectively.4)Inexperienced students were able to understand the tactics of decision of base running more than 70% of the students by the end of the 13-hour unit.This suggests the effectiveness of ensuring opportunities for participation in the game and time for reflection.These results suggest that some tactics were difficult for inexperienced students to 早期公開