Research on Educational Sport

Investigating the effect of four learning methods (Jigsaw, Tournament, Teaching personal and social responsibility and Traditional) in sports class on the development of social skills of adolescent boys.

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Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Zahra Fathirezaie 1
ALI Mosaiebi 1
Seyed Hojjat Zamani Sani 2

1 University of Tabriz

2 UNIVERSITY of Tabriz

https://doi.org/10.22089/res.2025.18030.2651
Abstract
In recent years, modern educational approaches have increasingly sought to enhance the quality of learning by actively engaging students in the instructional process. These methods also aim to support students’ psychological and developmental growth. This study examined the effects of four instructional strategies—Jigsaw, Tournament, the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility, and the Traditional method—on the development of social skills among adolescent boys in physical education classes. Employing a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test measures, the study included four groups (each with 20 participants). The sample consisted of elementary school boys from East Azerbaijan Province, selected through cluster sampling. Each group was exposed to a different teaching method over a 16-week period: 1) Cooperative learning – Jigsaw, 2) Cooperative learning – Tournament, 3) Individual and Social Responsibility approach, and 4) Traditional instruction in physical education. Social skills were assessed using the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters (MESSY) questionnaire. Data were analyzed using mixed-design ANOVA at a significance level of 0.05 with SPSS software. The findings revealed a significant main effect of group and a significant interaction effect between time and group. All four groups showed improvements in social skills after the intervention, with the Traditional group scoring significantly lower than both the Jigsaw and Responsibility groups. The results suggest that cooperative learning methods—particularly Jigsaw and Tournament—were more effective in enhancing students’ social skills compared to the other methods.

Keywords

cooperative learning
social skills
adolescent
boys

Subjects

Research on Educational Sport

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 01 November 2025

  • Receive Date 27 May 2025
  • Revise Date 11 October 2025
  • Accept Date 19 October 2025

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