The Effect of Physical Activity on Students’ Academic Achievement amd Attitude in Some selected Secondary Schools in Lemi Kura Sub-City Administration, Addis Ababa.
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2022-12
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Addis Ababa University
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This study was aimed to investigate effects of physical activities on students’ achievement and attitude towards learning, and the association between the two dependent variables. A total of 215 grade 10th students from two different schools found in Lemi Kura Sub City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia were the participants of the study. The participant samples were selected from Andode and Bori secondary schools randomly and assigned as treatment and comparison groups. The treatment groups were exposed to multiple physical activities before the start of lessons whereas the comparison groups had learnt the selected subjects as a regular trends. A non-equivalent pretest post test qusi experimental research design was used in this study. Standardized achievement test which was composed of English, mathematics, and biology, and attitude questionnaire with a five point Liker scale instruments were used to data. After checking all the required assumptions for test statistics, an independent sample t-test and Pearson Correlations were employed to compare the mean difference on students’ attitude towards performing physical activities, achievement between groups and associations between students’ attitude with their academic achievement by the treatment group only. The analysis of an independent sample t-test result indicated that students who were exposed to multiple physical activities prior to their lesson scored the higher academic mean than those students who had learnt the same subjects without performing physical activities. Similarly, the analysis of Pearson correlation coefficient result showed that there was a positive, moderate and significant correlations between students’ attitude towards performing physical activities with their academic achievement. To conclude, exposing students with multiple physical activities prior, during and after the lesson helps to improve their academic achievement. In addition, the finding of this study revealed that students with positive attitude of physical activities can perform better in their academic achievement. Further study can be carried out to investigate the effect of physical activities on students’ achievement in terms of gender difference and the prediction of physical activities to academic achievement.
Key Words: Achievement, Attitude, Physical Activities.
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Achievement, Attitude, Physical Activities.