The relationship between the amount of description in college specialized subject notebooks and the seriousness and proficiency of specialized subject for participants in department of physical education who have different experiences of the high jump

<p>Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between description amount in college specialized subject notebooks and the seriousness and proficiency of specialized subject for participants in department of physical education (focusing on high jump). Methods: One hundred eighty-seven female participants in department of physical education were recruited. We collected their college specialized subject notebooks after the semester and counted the number of Japanese characters within them. Based on ascending order of number of Japanese characters and experience for high jump, college students were assigned to six groups (inexperienced lower, middle, and upper and experienced lower, middle, and upper). The seriousness and proficiency for high jump for participants in specialized subject class were evaluated using a visual analog scale (VAS). The seriousness and proficiency for high jump for participants were evaluated using a two-way repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA), including the factors of experience (experienced/inexperienced) and number of Japanese characters (lower/middle/upper). Results: A two-way ANOVA for the seriousness revealed a significant interaction between experience and number of Japanese characters. In the inexperienced group, the seriousness for high jump for participants was higher in the upper group than in the lower group. In the experienced group, the seriousness for high jump for participants did not differ among groups. In the upper group, the seriousness for high jump for participants was higher in the inexperienced group than in the experienced group. For the proficiency for high jump for participants, neither a group effect nor an interaction was found. Discussion: Our findings provide further evidence that writing in specialized subject notebooks is related to students’ seriousness regarding physical education. Previous studies reported that students carefully self-monitored their own performance by writing in a physical education notebook. Individuals writing higher description amount in college specialized subject notebooks showed the higher seriousness for high jump.</p>