The effect of problem-solving strategy on learning some basic handball skills

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to knowing the effect of the problem-solving strategy on learning some basic handball skills for second-year intermediate students at Hassan bin Thabit School for Boys. The problem of the research lies in that handball is a group sport characterized by its multiple skills. The researcher found that there is a disparity in the level of learning some basic handball skills, as well as the skills are presented in the traditional manner used by the teacher without taking into account the individual differences between the learners. To achieve the goal of the research, the researcher used the experimental method to suit the research problem and research methods on a sample consisting of (40) students distributed into two groups. The experimental group consisted of (20) students and worked with a problem-solving strategy. The control group consisted of (20) students who worked in the traditional method and both groups were subjected to skill tests. It was applied after verifying the scientific foundations for its application, including validity, consistency and objectivity. The problem-solving strategy was applied and the results demonstrated the superiority of the experimental group that learned using the problem-solving strategy in learning some basic handball skills over the control group that learned in the traditional way. In light of the results reached by the researcher, she recommended with a set of recommendations, the most important of which is the necessity of using the educational curriculum using a problem-solving strategy to learn some basic skills in other sports.