The Effect of Inquiry-Based Learning Model on Physical Health Related Fitness Knowledge Levels and Attitudes of Middle School Students

Bulca Y.

24th Annual International Conference on Education, Athens, Yunanistan, 16 - 19 Mayıs 2022, ss.38, (Özet Bildiri)

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Athens
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Yunanistan
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.38
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A new middle school Physical Education (PE) program was launched in 2012 in Turkey, in which the development of health related physical fitness is one of the most important goals. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of inquiry-based learning model on physical health related fitness knowledge levels and attitudes in fifth grade students during eight –week health related programs. 106 children from fifth grade aged 10 to 11 years participated in the study. The experimental group consisted of 62 children who participated in the program held one day a week for a 60-minute session, which was allotted for the Physical Education in the school. The control group (n=44) participated in the routine Physical Education program in the curriculum. One week before and after the study, a physical fitness knowledge test and attitudes scale was employed in order to assess the subjects and controls. It is planned to use the analysis of variance (ANOVA) technique in order to determine whether there is a difference in terms of learning process after implementation of the students in the experimental group, in which inquiry-based teaching was applied, and the students in the control group, who were taught routine physical education lessons. The significance value (p) in the test in the post-test scores section used for experimental and control purposes in the experimental study can be reviewed. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is used. The results showed that inquiry-based learning has positive effects on students’ attitude to health related fitness lesson and their physical health related fitness knowledge success.