APPLICATION OF BASKETBALL CURRICULUM IN GUANGZHOU VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BASED ON BLENDED TEACHING METHODOLOGY

Abstract

The objectives of this study were 1) to study whether blended learning method was applicable to undergraduate basketball classes and, 2) to compare the blended learning method more effective than traditional teaching methods in improving students' skill learning. This research was quantitative research. The conceptual framework of this research was applied from Motor learning, theory constructivist theory and learning assessment theory of Ducan, Xi Yang’s studies. The population consisted of 65 students in Class 1 and class 2 of the Computer Science program at G University. The samples of 28 students in Class 1 and Class 2 of the Computer Science major at Guangzhou Vocational and Technical University, totaling of 56 students. Class 1 was the experimental class, and Class 2 was the control class as selected by purposive sampling. The instrument used in the study was an achievement test. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, frequency, mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The result of this study found that 1) the blended learning method can be applied to undergraduate basketball teaching and is generally superior to traditional teaching methods, and the research hypothesis was valid, 2) the blended learning method has a significant effect on improving basketball skills. In the post test, all indicators of the experimental group were better than those of the control group; in the pre-test and post-test, both classes showed significant improvement in various posttests compared to the pre-test.