Patterns of thinking according to Hermann's theory of the imperative style and their relationship to learning the skill of dribbling and peaceful shooting in basketball for female students

Abstract

The research included an introduction to the research and its importance, which emerged from the necessity of identifying female students’ personality types through their thinking styles according to Herman’s theory and its relationship to learning a complex basketball skill in order to better achieve the educational goals of the physical education lesson. The research aimed to identify the thinking patterns of High school students and the relationship between thinking styles according to Hermann's theory in learning the complex skill (dribbling and shooting) and through the imperative method followed in High schools for girls. Assuming that there is a statistically significant correlation between the patterns of thinking according to Hermann’s theory and the imperative method followed in the physical education lesson in learning the complex skill (dribbling and shooting). The research sample consisted of (90) female students, with an average age of 17 years, from the fifth grade of High school at Al-Firdaus High School for Girls / Baghdad. The researchers used the descriptive approach in a survey method because it suits the nature of the research in revealing the results of the field experiment and its relationship to a personal psychological phenomenon related to the research sample with one equal group and with two post-tests, the Hermann Scale of Thinking Patterns test and the basketball skills test. The researchers reached the conclusion that the executive style (B) came in first place in the strength of the relationship between it and the composite skill performance in basketball, at a level of (good) using the traditional imperative method in teaching the skill. The objective style (A) also came in second place in the strength of the relationship for the previous variables. Same level (medium). The imaginative style (D) came in third place, and then the emotional style (C) came in fourth place in terms of the strength of the relationship between the mentioned variables, at a level of (weak).  The researchers recommended the necessity of subjecting students and learners to personal, physical, mental and psychological tests before subjecting them to education and training processes in order to choose the most appropriate effectiveness for them, and the educational and training methods and means appropriate to the individual differences between them. When executive individuals appear in tests of thinking styles, educational and training methods that differ from those that It is applied to other individuals. They also recommended conducting other similar research on different samples in terms of activities, age groups, educational levels, and gender. Disseminating the results of the study to educational and sports institutions to benefit from the results it produced.