Motor learning: Concepts and applications - Hardcover

Richard A. Magill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0697070905 ISBN 13: 9780697070906

Publisher: W. C. Brown Co, 1980

Synopsis

Providing an introduction to the study of this field, the book has a research base with which students are given the opportunity to explore the research and gain understanding of the material. The text defines difficult material by identifying concepts and demonstrating applications for each.

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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.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. C. Brown Co
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0697070905
• ISBN 13: 9780697070906
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 342