Middle School Wrestling Skill Performance Under Peer-Mediated Instruction

An eight-week study from figshare compares peer-mediated and direct instruction for teaching wrestling techniques to 36 middle school students. Performance on four techniques—arm drag, underarm pass, single-leg takedown, and double-leg takedown—was evaluated using standardized observation criteria and independent raters. The dataset, authored by Salih Gürsoy and last updated in May 2026, supports research on student-centered teaching methods in physical education.

Use Cases

• Comparing the effectiveness of peer-mediated versus direct instruction based on the described experimental design
• Analyzing performance differences for specific wrestling techniques (arm drag, underarm pass, etc.) based on the reported t-test results
• Studying the relationship between task complexity and instructional method efficacy based on the study's conclusions about perceptual-motor coordination

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse
• Study design is clearly described, involving 36 participants over an eight-week program with standardized evaluation
• Specific statistical results (t-values, p-values, effect sizes) for four wrestling techniques are reported in the description

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The dataset is very small (5.5 KB), indicating limited scope and likely a summary or demographic table rather than raw observation data

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Data likely collected via a controlled experiment comparing two teaching methods, with performance evaluated by independent raters.

Time Range

Covers an eight-week instructional program; specific years are not provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 17:29:02; freshness should be verified

Geography

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