Effects of using mental imagery and mental- physical methods in acquisition and retention of long jump skill / Ali Abdulhussein

Ali , Abdulhussein (2019) Effects of using mental imagery and mental- physical methods in acquisition and retention of long jump skill / Ali Abdulhussein. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaya.

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Abstract

Mental imagery is a technique using all senses, thoughts, feelings, emotions and sensation to recreate an experience in your own mind. It is used for improving performance through visualize the skill mentally. Correct the errors by the right conception of the skill want to be learned. Mental– physical method depends on give the student’s time to build an idea of the long jump skill performance by using metal imagery method which include reading the text about the performance of skill, watch the performance image and visualize the long jump skill performance. The aims of this study was to investigated the effect of mental imagery and mental physical method on student's learning progress and retention of long jump skill among secondary school students in Iraq. A total of 90 students participated in the present study. The study was conducted using quasi-experimental research design where long jump skills test were administered to the students before and after a treatment process. These students were divided into three groups of 30 to be taught by the same teacher. In the first experimental group, mental imagery was employed whereas mental physical method was employed for the second experimental group, while in the control group, traditional learning method was used. The results showed that after approximately six weeks students in the experimental groups (mental imagery and mental physical method) scored significantly higher than students with traditional learning method in learning long jump skill. As a conclusion, the results of a current study showed that mental physical method is effective to a large extent in improving students’ on learning long jump skill and retention the skill. The study supports the effect of mental- physical learning method in Iraq secondary school students. This study is very important as it presents substantial evidence regarding the fact that the modern learning method can significantly and positively affect the educational level of the students during secondary school.

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