THE IMPACT OF TEACHERS’ FEEDBACK AND STUDENTS’ RESPONSE IN PRACTICAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION LESSON AT COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, FOSO

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was to explore the impact of tutors‟ feedback on students‟ achievement in practical physical education classes. The study sought to find out the types of feedback tutors give during practical lessons, impact feedback has on the students and the guidelines tutors use to give feedback to students for maximum participation during practical lessons. The study is centred on teacher-trainees of Foso College of Education. Out of the of the 900 students (300 of them are the on outsegment teaching practice) 61 selected students were used for the study and one physical education tutor, two research assistants and a video man were used. Observation, event recording instruments, video and close ended questionnaire were employed to collect data for the study. - 14 - It was noted that most of the respondents agreed that the tutor gives constructive feedback. Only few respondents agreed that tutor sometimes give negative feedback. Also, provision of specific feedback recorded high response. With the impact of feedback on students‟ performance, high score on consistency, always and timely was popularly accepted. The guidelines on giving feedback for maximum participation also showed that most of the respondents gave positive responses even though there were few negative responses. The conclusion drawn was that even though feedback was given, tutors do not give them always. Tutors as a result of their good communicative skills, students understanding in practical lessons were very encouraging. It was also recorded that tutors give individual attention during practical lesson delivery.