The Effectiveness of Instructional Video in the Acquisition of Cognitive,
Affective and Psychomotor Skills in Practical Sports Therapy
Rehabilitation
Darren Cooper
Course Leader BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy
University of Worcester
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Background
• Sports Therapy
• A non-traditional
pedagogic subject area
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Background
• Sports Therapy straddles all
learning domains, akin to Medicine,
Dentistry etc
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Background
• Underlying principles: observational
learning, from behaviourism to
constructivism
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Multimedia Videos
• Growing use within Higher Education
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Multimedia Videos
• Developing from
purely cognitive and
knowledge based
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Multimedia Videos
• Cognitive-Affective
and Psychomotor
emerging
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Maximising Learning
• Instructional video design principles
• Cognitive Load Theory
• Mayer’s Multimedia Learning Theory
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(Mayer, 2014)
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The Study
• Quasi-experimental, 2x2 crossover design
(2x9 week collection phases)
• Control and Instructional Videos group
• Formative assessment
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• Recovering
• Improv Editing
• Focus on Key Ideas
• Without Notes
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Findings
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Mean aggregate formative scores
45
Mean formative score
40
35
Group A - Control
Group B - Video
Group A - Video
30
Group B - Control
25
20
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Weeks
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Mean aggregate formative scores
45
Mean formative score
40
35
Group A - Control
Group B - Video
Group A - Video
30
Group B - Control
25
20
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2
3
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5
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14
Weeks
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Educational Implications
• Educationally significant
impact (Hattie, 2008)
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Educational Implications
•Discovered due to the crossover
contamination
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Educational Implications
• Demonstrates that videos are
effective for knowledge and
practical skills
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Educational Implications
• Embracing the affective domain . .
is the domain underutilised in
higher education?
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Any Questions?
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