Open AccessInvestigation of University Students’ Attitudes to Play Educational Games and Games Consisting of Physical Activity
Author(s) -
Osman Gümüşgül
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-0754
pISSN - 1925-0746
DOI - 10.5430/wje.v9n2p31
Subject(s) - psychology , scale (ratio) , kruskal–wallis one way analysis of variance , physical activity , test (biology) , normality , mann–whitney u test , physical education , physical activity level , mathematics education , social psychology , applied psychology , developmental psychology , physical therapy , medicine , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
The aim of this study was to investigate attitudes of university students to play educational games and gamesconsisting of physical activity. Totally, 514 students (187 male, 327 female) were taken part in this research. Datawas gathered through Attitudes to Play Games Consist of Physical Activity Scale (Playfulness Scale) which wasdeveloped by Hazar (2014). The scale has 23 items. In evaluation part for questionnaires answered by participants,Kolmogorov Smirnov normality test, Mann Whitney-U and Kruskal Wallis tests were applied. According to theresults, it was statistically determined that there were significant differences between playing games consist ofphysical activity attitudes and gender, practicing any sport licenced and age (p 0,05).