Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning Using Multimedia in Some Physical Abilities and Basic Skills for Junior Players in Basketball

Abstract

This paper aims to study the impact of cooperative learning using multiple media on some physical abilities and basic skills in basketball for 20 junior players (12-13 years old). This study used the experimental design of two equal groups, and the sample was randomly selected and divided into two groups. The first experimental group used cooperative learning and multimedia, and the second group is control group used the traditional method. Homogeneity was conducted between them in the variables of chronological age, height, and mass after that the educational program for physical and skill abilities in basketball was prepared, as well as preparing a set of physical and skill tests and calculating the coefficient of validity and stability for those tests. The educational program was applied using cooperative learning and multimedia on the experimental group for eight weeks in three educational units per week. After completing the educational program, post-tests were conducted for both groups. The results indicated that there were statistically significant differences between the average achievement of the players who learned basketball skills using cooperative learning and multimedia, and the average achievement of the players who traditionally learned the skills, in favor of the experimental group.