The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of Creative Problem Solving model applied on basketball problem solving ability and basketball skill in Grade 5 elementary school students. Seventy Grade 5 elementary school students (N=70) were used as subjects in this study for purposive sampling. They were randomized into experimental group (N=35) which receiving Creative Problem Solving lessons, and control group (N=35) which receiving Direct Instruction. The intervention was for 10 weeks. The Test of Problem Solving Ability in Basketball and Basketball skill test were administered before and after the intervention. The SPSS for Windows 17.0 version was utilized to analyze all the data by descriptive statistics, paired t-test and one-way Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The level of significance for acceptance or rejection for this study was set at the .05 level. Results indicated that: 1. there were significant improvements of the experimental group on the abilities of problem solving and skills in basketball; 2. there were significant deteriorations of the control group on basketball problem solving abilities, but there were no significant improvements on basketball skills; 3. there were significant differences on the basketball problem solving ability, and basketball skill between two groups in the post-test, and the experimental group was better than the control group. The conclusion was that the Creative Problem Solving model can improve the ability of problem solving in basketball and basketball skills on elementary school students effectively. Therefore, in the future study could apply the Creative Problem Solving model to investigate the effectiveness of problem solving ability and skills on different types of sports, and increase the application of Creative Problem Solving model on physical education extensively.
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of Creative Problem Solving model applied on basketball problem solving ability and basketball skill in Grade 5 elementary school students. Seventy Grade 5 elementary school students (N=70) were used as subjects in this study for purposive sampling. They were randomized into experimental group (N=35) which receiving Creative Problem Solving lessons, and control group (N=35) which receiving Direct Instruction. The intervention was for 10 weeks. The Test of Problem Solving Ability in Basketball and Basketball skill test were administered before and after the intervention. The SPSS for Windows 17.0 version was utilized to analyze all the data by descriptive statistics, paired t-test and one-way Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The level of significance for acceptance or rejection for this study was set at the .05 level. Results indicated that: 1. there were significant improvements of the experimental group on the abilities of problem solving and skills in basketball; 2. there were significant deteriorations of the control group on basketball problem solving abilities, but there were no significant improvements on basketball skills; 3. there were significant differences on the basketball problem solving ability, and basketball skill between two groups in the post-test, and the experimental group was better than the control group. The conclusion was that the Creative Problem Solving model can improve the ability of problem solving in basketball and basketball skills on elementary school students effectively. Therefore, in the future study could apply the Creative Problem Solving model to investigate the effectiveness of problem solving ability and skills on different types of sports, and increase the application of Creative Problem Solving model on physical education extensively.