تأثير استراتيجية الاكتشاف الموجه على التفكير الإبداعي و الأداء المهاري لفعالية دفع الجلة

Abstract EN

This study aimed to identify the effect of the guided discovery teaching strategy on creative thinking and the performance level in the shot put skill.

forty physical education students from Yarmouk university, who were enrolled in the course of track and field during the second semester of the year 2016 / 2017, were initially selected and divided into two equal groups.

the experimental group used the discovery guided strategy for shot put ; whereas the control group used the traditional strategy.

an experimental program was used for 5 weeks, three sessions per week, each session lasted for 50 minutes.

creative thinking was measured using a specific scale developed by Ahmad (2011), that consists of 27 items.

the researchers developed a sheet for measuring shot put performance.

the results of this study showed that the students from the experimental group achieved better scores in creative thinking and shot put performance.