Investigation of University Students’ Attitudes to Play Educational Games and Games Consisting of Physical Activity

The aim of this study was to investigate attitudes of university students to play educational games and gamesconsisting of physical activity. Totally, 514 students (187 male, 327 female) were taken part in this research. Datawas gathered through Attitudes to Play Games Consist of Physical Activity Scale (Playfulness Scale) which wasdeveloped by Hazar (2014). The scale has 23 items. In evaluation part for questionnaires answered by participants,Kolmogorov Smirnov normality test, Mann Whitney-U and Kruskal Wallis tests were applied. According to theresults, it was statistically determined that there were significant differences between playing games consist ofphysical activity attitudes and gender, practicing any sport licenced and age (p0,05).