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You can manipulate data to demonstrate a particular change or effect, but how will you put that into context for your audience? Thoughts on considering the audience, manipulating data visualizations, and principles that govern the process. Continue reading Data visualization principles (not rules)
My scholarship is at the intersection of coaching and education. Educational technology and program evaluation are two avenues into exploring, developing, building, and improving the delivery of coach education programs, both formal and informal. Continue reading Major Areas of Scholarship
Emotion mapping is a simple exercise to build awareness of emotions across time and situations Continue reading Emotion Mapping: Dining Out
Integrating knowledge may be a fool’s errand, but a systematic review can at least set that knowledge in one common place. Continue reading Systematic Reviews
A scientific approach to assessing and building capacity with sport communities and athletes Continue reading Program Evaluation in Sport | AASP Conference 2015
Time improvement from prelims to finals is more common in the 400 yd. individual medley than the 50 yd. freestyle Continue reading 400 IMers are split – half swim faster in finals
I have always contended that most 50-freestylers swim faster in the morning prelims session of a championship meet, and these data from today’s women’s B1G championship would seem to support that notion Continue reading 50-freestylers are faster in prelims
What are the essential components of an ideal youth sport climate? Should the coach focus on teaching athletes the fundamental skills needed for the sport, focusing on the individual mastery for each player? Should the coach focus on building a caring climate for the players so that they feel like they are a part of the team, and that they are able to take calculated risks to improve their skills? At the 2012 conference for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, these questions arose several times for myself and my colleagues. Based on my coaching experience, I firmly believe that … Continue reading Mastery vs. caring climate in youth sport – room for both?
Originally posted on KIN 401:
We had a really challenging question in yesterday’s class, which was posed to our guest Larry Lauer, a sport psychology consultant and one of my colleagues at the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports. The question was about the video review session for a football team. The typical procedure is to run through the tape, and for the coach to point out mistakes that have been made. Occasionally, the coach may also point out what players have done well. The coach might use emotion to illustrate a point. For instance, a player might not be hitting… Continue reading Criticism during the video review – what’s the best way?
This morning, I woke up around 6:15am, and came across this article of a Day of Higher Ed on my LinkedIn reading list, suggesting that academics respond to a recent critique in a Washington Post editorial that academics are “underworked.” It resonated, given my recent frustrations with managing my workload, and my feelings that my “work” as a research assistant and teaching assistant has compromised my experience as a doctoral student. I think it’s always important to really document the “problem” so I figured I would track my day and add it to the conversation on Twitter with the #dayofhighered hash-tag.
So here goes… Continue reading “Day in the Life – #dayofhighered”
Andy Driska 
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