Integrating Mobile Learning into Mosston's Reciprocal Style of Teaching: A case of Junior High School Students' basketball learning

Mobile technology has a great potential to change the physical education teaching practice. Moreover, information literacy has also been encouraged in the latest new curriculum guideline in Taiwan. Augmented Reality (AR) is... [ view full abstract ]

Mobile technology has a great potential to change the physical education teaching practice. Moreover, information literacy has also been encouraged in the latest new curriculum guideline in Taiwan. Augmented Reality (AR) is one of approaches of mobile learning that allows to produce a realistic and attractive experience for students. However, some studies indicated that students had difficulties to translate the teacher-prepared criteria (checklist) while implementing Mosston's reciprocal style of teaching. The question then arises as to the possibility to integrate AR mobile technology into the existing teaching style in physical education. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the integration of the AR mobile learning into reciprocity teaching in terms of students’ learning outcome. The quasi-experimental design method was adopted. 64 junior high school students (grade 7) participated the study. They were divided, according to their classes, into experimental group (EG, mobile learning integrated) and control group (CG, reciprocal style with checklist). 10 lessons (10*45 minutes) of basketball were implemented in both EG and CG. ARCS motivation scale and skills (free throw and lay-up) assessment were conducted before and after the lessons. The data were collected majorly from these two resources and also analyzed through statistical test (α = .05). Results: (1) the motivation of students was increased in both EG and CG, however, self-confidence and satisfaction were significantly increased in EG; (2) there was no significant difference between EG and CG in terms of skills performance. In conclusion, the integration of mobile learning into reciprocal style of teaching increased the motivation of students in terms of concentration, self-confidence, satisfaction. It implies that the integration of mobile learning into PE teaching can be an effective alternative way to assist student’s learning. Future directions are provided.

Keywords: augmented reality, learning motivation, spectrum of teaching style