Comparison of the effects of constructivist learning on cognitive, affective and psychomotor fields applied in physical education courses

Oğuzhan Dalkıran, Fatma Eryiğit and Soner Sivri

African Educational Research Journal
Published: October 30 2020
Volume 8, Special Issue 2
Pages S327-S334
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30918/AERJ.8S2.20.062

Abstract

The aim of the study is to compare the effect of constructivist learning applied in physical education courses with concerning cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains on experimental and control groups. The experimental research method was used in the study. The study group consisted of 97 students consisting of 34 middle and 63 high school students, 52 of whom were in control and 45 of whom were in experimental group. The cognitive, affective and psychomotor field competencies of the students were determined and compared with the determined scales after applying one semester in the introduction and evaluation parts of the courses, conducted with constructivist learning. As a data collection tool; for cognitive domain; the cognitive information form prepared by the researcher, for affective domain; “Physical Education Course Attitude Scale for Secondary School Students" and “Attitude Scale for Physical Education lesson” for psychomotor domain; the application exam scale developed by the researcher were used. In the analysis of data; due to lack of normal distribution of data, Mann Whitney U, one of the non-parametric tests was used to analyze the differences in cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains of the groups after the application. According to the obtained data; a significant difference was found in favor of the experimental group according to the variable of experimental and control groups in the cognitive and psychomotor domains of the students. In the affective areas of the students, while there was no significant difference between middle school students in terms of experimental and control group pre-test post-test data, a significant difference was found in the control group data in high school students.

Keywords: Physical education, physical education and sports lesson, affective domain, cognitive domain, psychomotor domain, constructivist learning.

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