MODERN MEDIA IMPACT ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IN THE HEALTH EDUCATION SUBJECT AT THE JORDANIAN UNIVERSITIES

This quantitative study aims to; measure the actual use of the modern media among Physical Education students in the subject of health education in Jordanian universities, and also to measure the impact of that use on educational achievement in the subject of health education. The study relied on the quantitative method by collecting data through a questionnaire designed by the researcher, consisting of (67) statements distributed on (3) dimensions: The cognitive dimension, the emotional dimension, and the behavioral dimension. From the study population (2510), a stratified random sample was selected that consisted of (333) male and female students, according to the Gersti and Morgan tables. Statistical methods followed were; Pearson correlation coefficient, alpha stability coefficient, descriptive analysis, one-way analysis of variance. The findings showed that: the reality of students' use of modern media was moderate for all dimensions of the study. The cognitive dimension ranked first with the highest arithmetic average according to the sample response. Then the two dimensions: the emotional dimension, then the behavioral dimension. As indicated by the results; There is a high direct correlation between the reality of using modern media in its three dimensions and their academic achievement at the level of significance (α ≤ 0.05), and the total value of the correlation as a whole is (0.58), which is a positive value. Keywords: modern media, educational attainment, health education.