The effect of an educational curriculum based on the Wheatley model to positive thinking and learning the overhand server skill of volleyball for students

Abstract

Using the Wheatley model curriculum makes research evident since researchers feel it is more thorough and successful in teaching pupil’s volleyball's overhand server ability and enhancing their positive attitude. The purpose of this study is to determine how a Wheatley model-based educational program affects students' ability to think positively and how they learn to serve overhand in volleyball. It also aims to ascertain the significance of the variations in post-test scores between the experimental and control groups. The research population consisted of the 96 students who were enrolled in the second stage of the University of Kerbala's College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences in the academic year 2022–2023. These students were divided into two divisions, A–B–C–D. Two divisions of thirty pupils each were randomly selected using lots, with fifteen individuals in each division. One of the study's most significant findings is that both the experimental and control groups' instructional methodologies improved the students' ability to think positively and acquire the volleyball overhand server talent. Post-test results also showed that the experimental group performed better than the control group in these domains. Activating and implementing a Wheatley-model-based educational program to educate the other sports was the most crucial piece of advice.