Contrasting the Level of Student Participation in in-person and online Health and Physical Education Classes

Abstract

By comparing the levels of involvement among students majoring in health and physical education in traditional lecture settings and online learning environments, the purpose of this research effort was to determine which setting was more effective. People who are by themselves Regarding the In the course of the research, twenty-two first-year college students who were working toward a degree in health and physical education participated as participants. These students from the college decided to enroll in a summer session class that lasted for a total of three hours. There are two distinct components that make up the course, and students are allowed to select the one that they wish to focus on. In contrast to the second class, which viewed a video presentation on the same topic that was being presented online, the first class went to a traditional lecture that was held in person. The fact that the in-person and online versions of the course contained the same activities and content meant that there was no visible difference between the two learning environments. The course may be taken either in-person or online, two different options were available to students. In order to determine the extent to which the students were interested in the subject matter, a set of 34 questions based on the Likert scale was presented to them. The Mann-Whitney Test was utilized in order to conduct an analysis and evaluation of the responses that were gathered from the two distinct research groups. The significance level for this experiment was set at 0.05, and it was carried out. According to the statistics, none of the 34 methods that were utilized to assess an individual's level of participation shown any statistically significant changes.

Keywords:  engagement, undergraduate, physical education