Research Interests:
Development of expertise, decision making in sport, development
of knowledge structure in sport, learning and development
of complex motor skills, and gender differences in motor performance.
Recent Scholarship:
French, K. E., & McPherson, S. L. (in press). The development
of expertise. In M. R. Weiss (Ed.), Developmental
Sport and Exercise Psychology: A Lifespan Perspective.
Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information
Technology.
Gallagher, J. D., French, K. E., Thomas, K. T., & Thomas,
J. R. (2002). Expertise in youth sport: Relations
between knowledge and skill. In F. Smoll & R. A. Magill
(Eds.), Children in Sport (5th ed.),(pp.
475-500). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
Kim, Ki-Hack, Spurgeon, J. H., French, K. E., & Kim,
Ki-Bong (2002). Somatic comparisons of South Korean
children and youth born and reared in rural are with descendants
of rural and urban migrants.
American Journal of Human Biology, 14, 476-485.
French, K. E., & McPherson, S. L. (1999). Adaptations
in response selection processes used during sport
competition with increasing age and expertise. International
Journal of Sport Psychology, 30, 173-193.
Kim, K., French, K. E., Spurgeon, J. H. (1999). Somatic comparisons
at four ages of South Korean females
and females of other Asian groups. American Journal of
Human Biology, 11, 735-744.
Courses Taught:
PEDU 830: Development of Skilled Sport Performance
PEDU 829: Cognitive Factors in Motor Skill Acquisition
PEDU 770: Research Methods in Physical Education
PEDU 731: Mechanisms of Motor Skill Acquisition
PEDU 570: Human Child and Adolescent Growth
PEDU 420: Motor Learning in Physical Education |
