A central component of learning is critical and creative thinking. Within physical education, one focus should be on "reflective thinking that is used to make reasonable and defensible decisions about movement tasks or challenges" (McBride, 1991, p. 115). More importantly, students need to experience opportunities to use critical and creative thinking within movement performance to understand more deeply the hows and whys of movement. Teachers should plan for authentic learning experiences that will support students in questioning, reflecting, and making decisions to develop deeper understanding that will lead to the transfer of learning to new situations.