Motor Learning: Concepts and Applications (McGraw-Hill International Editions: Health Psychology Series) - Softcover

Magill, Richard A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071158219 ISBN 13: 9780071158213

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (ISE Editions), 1998

Synopsis

A research-based introduction to the study of motor learning. The text defines difficult material by identifying concepts and demonstrating applications for each. It includes discussion of published research, providing examples of empirical evidence that support concept statements.

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very useful
as a Venezuelan profesor I've been using this textbook for five year in my post grade class for PE student at the Pedagogical University of Caracas

About the Author

Richard Magill is a professor in both the Department of Kinesiology and the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University. He received his Ph.D. in educational psychology from Florida State University with a specialization in motor learning. Earlier he received an M.Ed. from Temple University and a B.S. from Philedelphia College of Bible. He served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport from 1996-1999 having previously served as the section editor for motor learning. He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Motor Behavior and has provided editorial assistance to numreous other motor learning journals around the world. Dr, Magill is widley published in refereed journals and has active in the service of Louisiana State University and numerous professional organizations. In April 1999 he was given the LSU Distinguished Faculty Award and in September he was the recipient of the endowed professorship, Helen Bessie Silverberg Pliner Professor in Kinesiology.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (ISE Editions)
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071158219
• ISBN 13: 9780071158213
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 480