The Effect of the Cognitive Apprenticeship Strategy on Learning Basic Basketball Skills for First Intermediate Grade Students

The research problem lies in schools' reliance on traditional teaching methods in teaching sports skills, especially in basketball, by merely delivering and memorizing information. Therefore, the researchers proposed using the cognitive apprenticeship strategy to provide learning situations that stimulate inquiry, research, and performance evaluation after executing the skills. The research aims to develop an educational curriculum based on this strategy and study its effect on learning basic basketball skills among students. The researchers adopted the experimental method and selected a sample of first-intermediate-grade students from Al-Quds Intermediate School for Boys, dividing them into two groups. The study concluded that the cognitive apprenticeship strategy significantly improves skill learning. The researchers recommended restructuring educational curricula to encourage deep thinking and creativity, developing learning environments that meet students' needs, conducting similar studies using other teaching methods, and training teaching staff on modern strategies.