Abstract:

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of educational games on the development of physical characteristics of girls aged 12-13. A total of 40 students, including 20 girls in the experimental group and 20 girls in the control group, participated in our study. While the mean age and standard deviation of the female students in the control group was 12.1 and the standard deviation was 0.36, the mean age and standard deviation of the female students in the experimental group were determined as 12.15 and 0.30. An educational game program was applied to the participants in the experimental group for 8 weeks, 3 days a week, and each study was limited to 90 minutes. In our study, in order to evaluate the physical characteristics of the participants before and after the educational games, height, body weight, sit and reach, standing long jump, vertical jump, 5 m quickness, medicine ball throwing, 20 m speed, 30 sec sit-ups, 30 sec push-ups, flamingo balance, jump rope, T test and 20m shuttle running tests were applied and data were obtained. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS 24.0 program. The determination of the difference between the pre-test and post-test mean values of the participants in the application and control group was analyzed with the "Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test" and the determination of the differences between the mean values of the experimental and control groups was analyzed with the "Mann-Whitney U Test". As a result of the research There was no significant difference in the body weight, vertical jump, anaerobic power measurement, 5 m speed, 20 m speed, and rope jump values of the participants in the experimental group (p>0.05) There was a statistically significant difference in the values of height, BMI, sit and reach, standing long jump, medicine ball throwing, 30 sec sit-ups, 30 sec push-ups, flamingo balance, T test, 20 m sit-up run and maximum oxygen consumption (p< 0.05) was determined. As a result, it was concluded that the educational games played during the study may have positive effects on the physical development parameters of the individuals aged 12-13, and the frequency and duration of the application can be considered sufficient.