Using chatbot application “Telegram” to improve functional fitness, physical fitness and academic performance of students

Abstract

The aim of the study is to evaluate the possibility of using the chatbot application “Telegram” to improve the indicators of physical fitness, functional fitness and academic performance of students. The study uses the following methods: pedagogical experiment, pedagogical observation, pedagogical testing, methods of mathematical statistics. The authors propose to influence the physical condition of students using modern, fashionable information technology in the form of chat-bot application “Telegram”, which can have a positive impact on students. The article describes the mechanism of the chat-bot application “Telegram”, the organization of the study and the interaction of the teacher with the participants of the experiment. Testing on the selected criteria at the beginning and end of the experiment was carried out. The obtained indicators were processed using the program SPSS Statistic, nonparametric method by Mann-Whitney U-criterion (P ≤ 0.05). Reliable differences of the studied criteria of physical fitness and functional capabilities of the organism between the control and experimental groups were obtained. The improvement of academic performance of the experimental participants was proved.