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Examining the Associations Between Calibration Accuracy and Executive Functions in Physical Education

Evdoxia Samara , Athanasios Kolovelonis , Marios Goudas

This study examined students’ calibration of performance in a sport skill in relation to their performance in an executive functions test. A tot.

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This study examined students’ calibration of performance in a sport skill in relation to their performance in an executive functions test. A total of 265 students in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades participated in the study. The students took an executive functions test, and then they were tested on a basketball shooting test, after having provided a personal estimation regarding their performance. Based on students’ actual and estimated performance, the bias index was calculated to classify students into three categories; accurates, underestimators and overestimators, while the accuracy index (absolute values of the bias index) was also calculated. The results showed a positive but small magnitude relation between students’ scores in the executive functions test and their performance calibration, while accurate scored higher on the executive function test compared to over estimators and under estimators. These results are similar to those of previous studies with elementary school children that employed cognitive tasks and were discussed with reference to theoretical and empirical implications.

Keywords: Calibration accuracy, executive functions, physical education, sports performance.

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