Aplicación de los estilos de enseñanza cognoscitivos para el aprendizaje de los métodos y estrategias de entrenamiento en deportes individuales y colectivos

Abstract

The educational intervention aimed to analyze whether the application of cognitive teaching styles is adequate for the improvement of academic performance regarding the acquisition of theoretical contents and to determine the degree of conformity of the different interests and attitudes towards the subject. A total of 21 students of a group of practices of the subject of Methods and Strategies of Training in Team and Individual Sports of the degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences participated. To measure both the degree of acquisition of the theoretical contents and the degree of conformity of the different interests and attitudes towards the subject, a prequestionnaire was applied in the first class and a postquestionnaire in the last class after eight weeks of intervention in which theoretical–practical contents were taught, and different practices were carried out. The main results of the intervention show significant differences (p<0.001) and large ES (0.952) only in the acquisition of theoretical contents since the students obtained an improvement of 1.52 points (6±1.45 pre vs. 7.52±1.72 post) out of 10. No significant differences were shown in the degree of subject conformity. Therefore, cognitive teaching styles could be suitable for the improvement of theoretical contents acquisition in physical activity and sport science students.