This research has studied the role of media in teaching the practical courses of foot ball in the practice of physical education through distance education to promote the educational quality and reduce the attendance hours of students. Research statistical university includes 150 Iranian male students of physical education through distance education in 1998. The samples were randomly chosen homogeneously based on measurable indices such as age, weight, hight , and the scores of BA entrance practical exam. The number of students in the sample were .60. They were divided in two 30-student groups namely experimental and control groups. Experimental group was taught the course of football at the first semester of the academic year 2001-02 via educational films. The control group was offered the mentioned course through traditional system. At the end of educational period, the two groups were assessed by the same condition and the same examination items. The evaluation was according to the individual questionnaire to know their physical condition and physical activities and also their final examination scores. This was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Also, the average scores of 2 groups were compared using T-student test and SPSS. V.10 Software. As a result, there is a significant difference (cc= 5%) between the average scores of the experimental group (X=8.74) and that of control group (X2 = 7.43). So the result of this study shows that we can teach the course of football through ancillary materials to reduce the attendance hours for students and without the educational quality shortage.
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