Abstract
Should students achieve a variety of learning outcomes or only learn motor skills? Schools and organizations do not provide teachers and coaches with the significant amount of time required to teach motor skills. One solution is to teach students the dispositions and strategies they need to continue learning and remain physically active after they leave physical education class or the team. Thus, teachers are incorporating different kinds of teaching approaches to accomplish objectives other than just skill learning. Some approaches work better than others; however, how to decide what approach to use and when are critical questions. The answer is, "it depends." The purpose of this article is to encourage educators to move beyond just telling students exactly what to do and when to do it, and provides a decision-making strategy to help them choose an appropriate approach based upon their "situated" learning objectives.