Experimental Study On Evaluate The Effectiveness Of Act Out Method On Deficiency Of Outdoor Game Among School Children At Selected Areas Of Visnagar

Abstract

Background: outdoor play or simply spending time outdoors is beneficial for healthy growth and development among children. .Opportunities for children to engage with outdoor, natural environments may continue to decrease in a constantly evolving socio-environmental world. This prospect became realized with our current experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, where the mass home-confinement directives and restrictions on the use of public outdoor spaces are deterring outdoor play among children.
Method: Pre-experimental research design was utilized, Where 60 school children selected through convenient sampling technique. The data collection entailed demographic information and assessment of act out method questionnaire which helps to assess the knowledge regarding outdoor game. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were employed for data analysis, where frequency distribution, percentage analysis, mean, standard deviation, and chi-square test of association were applied.
Result: The pre-test results indicated that 75% of the participants had Inadequate, 25% moderate adequate, and 0% adequate. The post-test indicated a considerable decrease in score with 8.33% having Inadequate , 13.33% having moderate adequate, and 78.33% have adequate. A statistically significant difference between pre-test and post-test pain scores was noted (p < 0.005), indicating the effectiveness of act out method.
Conclusion: The study were need of school children to conduct traning programme regarding outdoor game among school of visnagar. The study reveals that the level of knowledge regarding outdoor game was inadequate among school children. They concluded that need for providing knowledge on outdoor game is an important satatergy utilize school children as effective contribution toward Knowledge.