The Effect of Vygotsky’s Strategy for Cognitive Development in Learning Defensive Skills with Foil for Students

Abstract

The importance of the research lies in raising the level of learning basic defensive skills in fencing and clarifying the role of Vygotsky's strategy for cognitive development and raising the level of students in defensive performance with foil, thus contributing to raising the level of fencing. The research problem is that adopting the correct educational strategies that focus on the cognitive aspect will enhance the level of skill performance for any sport, including fencing, in which basic defensive skills are one of the necessary requirements of the game. Hence, the use of the correct strategy such as Vygotsky's strategy for cognitive development. The most important objective of the research is that identifying the effect of Vygotsky's strategy for cognitive development in learning defensive skills with foil for students. The experimental approach was used. The research sample was third-year students, College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences. After applying the evaluation and teaching methods, the most important conclusions were reached is as the following: Vygotsky's strategy for cognitive development achieved the required educational goals in learning defensive skills with foil for students. While the most important recommendations were: Adopting Vygotsky's strategy for cognitive development because it achieved the required educational goals in learning defensive skills with foil for students.