IMPACT OF PRELECTURE PHYSICAL MOVEMENTS ON LEARNING: A STUDY ON AIR FORCE PLANE TEHCNICIANS

The current study assessed the impact of movement exercises on Turkish Airforce trianee airplane mechanics’ academic achievement. Twenty seven trainees and their teachers participated in the study. Fourteen trainees established the control group because they took the course earlier than the other thirteen trainees. Movement and exercise was applied to the experimental group at the beginning of the sessions. Trainees’ responded to a standardized test on airplane mechanics before the course and 17 weeks later at the end of the course. Both groups showed significant increases in their test scores. Even though the experimental group showed more mean increase and had higher post test mean scores than the control group the difference did not reach a statistically significant level.