The purpose of this study was to describe the choices of content development and task presentations of four teachers with varying experience and the subsequent achievement in skills test of their 125 junior high school students over the course of an 11-day volleyball unit. The results supported the importance of teachers presenting clear, detailed, and game-oriented progressions of content and tasks to improve students' learning.
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