Developing Students’ Movement Independence: Internalizing Physical Literacy in Project-based Physical Education Learning

Background. This study examines the urgency of developing students’ movement independence through internalizing physical literacy in physical education learning according to Project-Based Learning (PBL). Objectives. The study aimed to explore the impact of internalizing physical literacy in physical education learningaccording to PBL on students’ movement independence. Materials and methods. The method used was a quantitative approach with a pseudo-experimental design, involving students of State Aliyah Madrasah Barito Kuala Regency, grade XI as the population. The sample consisted of two treatment classes (XI-A and XI-B) and two control classes (XI-C and XI-D), each with 40 students. The research instrument was a movement independence questionnaire, which was divided into 4 indicators: 1) responsibility, 2) initiative, 3) confidence, and 4) problem solving. The data analysis technique used the analysis of variance (ANOVA) to compare the results between the treatment and control classes. Results. The findings showed that the indicators of responsibility and confidence had a very significant difference between the experimental group and the control group, with a Sig. (2-tailed) = 0.000 <0.05 on both indicators. In the initiative and problem solving indicators, there was no substantial difference between the experimental group and the control group, with a Sig. (2-tailed) values of 0.894 and 0.062 >0.05 respectively. Overall, the experimental group provided better results than the control group. The results indicated that the application of PBL to physical literacy internalization significantly increased students’ movement independence, especially in the indicators of responsibility and confidence. Conclusions. The conclusion of this study confirms that the internalization of physical literacy in physical education learning according to PBL is effective in increasing students’ movement independence.