Exercise logs and video feedback in a sports course got students to exercise more
Who it’s about: Students, Young adults
- Helped
Students who logged their exercise and got feedback on their videos said they exercised more than the usual class.
- Action: Track your progresstested
- Rule: Get feedback on your progresstested
- Action: Exerciseused
- Rule: Through an appused
Randomised trial of 308 university students in China · vs the same sports course taught the usual way · they rated themselves · ⚠ whole groups were assigned, not people; numbers unreliable
The study
Who took part
308 first- and second-year university students in China, aged 18 to 24 and about 20 on average. They were in six required sports classes, and about half were men.
What they did
Three classes took a 16-week course with one 90-minute class a week. Before each class, students watched short videos and did a quiz. After class, they logged their exercise 2 to 3 times a week. They also sent practice videos to the teacher for feedback and wrote short notes on how it went. The other three classes had the same teachers and content, taught the usual way.
What happened
At the end, students in the new course said they exercised more. More of them also met the advice for weekly exercise. The paper's tables are garbled, so we can't give sizes. Exercise was only measured at the end of the course, so we don't know if it lasted.
Source
The impact of the flipped classroom model on college students' physical exercise behavior: a chain mediation effect of self-directed learning ability and exercise motivation (2026)
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1804884 (opens in a new tab)
