Date of Award

Summer 1974

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Education (MSEd)

Department

Human Movement Sciences

Program/Concentration

Physical Education

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.E44 T42

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to compare the effectiveness of the traditional (T.), programmed with loop films to present skills (P.), and traditional with the Video Tape Recorder (V.T.R.) methods of instruction upon learning and retention of beginning badminton skills. Three beginning coed badminton classes at Old Dominion University were randomly assigned to one of the three treatments. A pre-test measuring skills by means of the Stalter wall volley test, French clear test and French short serve test at the beginning of instruction, a post-test measuring skills by the same three tests and a retention-test consisting of the same three tests thirty days after the end of instruction were administered to the three groups to determine if any significant differences existed. A One-Way Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance, computed separately for each group, indicated that all three treatments made significant gains in badminton skills between the pre-test and the post-test and the retention score was also significantly higher than the pre-test but not. the post-test. Analyses of Covariance revealed no significant. difference between treatments for males, but a significant F-ratio was found for females at the .01 level of confidence on the post-test. Further analysis indicated the V.T.R. females were significantly higher than the T. females on the post-test at the . 01 level of confidence. The P. females were also significantly higher than the T. females on the post-test at the .05 level of confidence. The conclusions based on the results of this investigation were that in learning of beginning badminton skills, the means of the V.T. R. females were significantly higher than the means of the T. females at the .01 level of confidence on the post-test, and the means of the P. females were significantly higher than the T. females at the .05 level of confidence, but no significant difference existed between the means of the three groups of males on the posttest. Further conclusions were that in regard to retention of beginning badminton skills, no significant difference existed between the means of the T., P., or V.T.R. female groups on the retention-test, or between the T., P., or V.T. R. male groups on the retention-test.

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DOI

10.25777/pgwf-t796

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