The Effect of Visual–Cognitive Exercises According to the Instructional Scaffolding Strategy on Some Visual and Integrated Skill Abilities in Football among Students

Abstract

The research aims to identify the effect of visual–cognitive exercises according to the instructional scaffolding strategy on some visual and integrated skill abilities in football. The research problem was represented, through field observation, by the weakness of visual responses and the low level of skill performance among preparatory stage students while performing motor skills, especially the integrated ones, in addition to the traditional methods followed in the lesson. This necessitated the use of exercises that combine the mental and visual aspects according to a modern approach to improve these dimensions       .The research was carried out on a sample of 50 students from the fifth scientific grade at Qutaiba First Preparatory School in the center of Al-Diwaniyah Governorate. They were randomly selected and divided into two groups: an experimental group of 25 students who received visual–cognitive exercises according to the instructional scaffolding strategy,and a control group of 25 students who were taught according to the traditional method used by the teacher The researcher concluded that the use of visual–cognitive exercises according to the instructional scaffolding strategy in developing some visual and integrated skill abilities in football among students was more effective than the traditional method. The researcher recommended adopting this teaching strategy in teaching sports skills within the physical education curriculum for the preparatory stage, due to the positive results it achieved in both the skill and cognitive aspects .