THE EFFECT OF THE SWOM STRATEGY ON LEARNING SOME ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS SKILLS FOR STUDENTS

Abstract

The aim of the study is to prepare an educational curriculum according to the Swom strategy in learning some technical gymnastics skills for students. The researchers used the experimental method for its suitability to the nature of the research problem. The research sampled students of the first stage distributed among study divisions in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences / University of Basra for the academic year (2021-2022) totaling (237) students. Also, the research sample was chosen randomly (lottery) where the number of sample members was (40) students. By preparing (16) educational units for the first and second groups (Supplement No. 4) and by (8) educational units for the first group, according to the steps of Swom (questioning, comparison and contrast, prediction, generation of possibilities, problem solving, decision making), and the most important conclusions he reached is that The strategy used (Swom) had a positive effect in learning the skill of back-rolling to stand on the hands. As for the recommendations, the adoption of educational units prepared by the researcher using the strategy (Swom) for their great role effective in developing the level of skillful performance of some basic skills in gymnastics.