The Effect of Cooperative Teaching Strategy on Psychological Characteristics And Skill Performance for the Effectiveness of the Triple Jump of Physical Education Students at Yarmouk University

Abstract

This research aims at identifying the effect of the cooperative teaching strategy on the
psychological characteristics and skill performance for the effectiveness of the triple jump by the
students of physical education at Yarmouk University. The research sample consisted of (60) students
from the Faculty of Education at Yarmouk University. They were selected by the intentional
mathematical method, and they were divided into two equal groups: an experimental group which
applied the cooperative teaching program with some bids for psychological improvement (selfconfidence, teamwork, decision-making) in addition to the skill performance of the effectiveness of the
triple jump, while the control group applied the teaching program in the usual lecture method.
Application of the program took four weeks, with three teaching units per week, and the time of the
teaching unit was (50) minutes.
The results of the research showed the effectiveness of using the cooperative teaching strategy on
improving some psychological traits (self-confidence, teamwork, and decision-making) and the skill
performance of the effectiveness of the triple jump for students of the Faculty of Physical Education at
Yarmouk University. Moreover, the results showed that there are statistically significant differences in
the dimensional measurement between the experimental and control groups in favor of the experimental
group. The researchers recommend using the cooperative teaching strategy to improve some
psychological traits (self-confidence, teamwork, and decision-making) and skill performance for the
effectiveness of the triple jump.