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Instructional and Learning Outcomes in China and the USA as Policy Implications
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Ding, Haiyong; Chen, Ang – European Physical Education Review, 2019
There are substantial differences between the Chinese and US education systems. One difference is in the design and use of assessment due to differences in educational policies. This study described the differences in student learning outcomes, instructional approaches, and learner motivation in physical education as consequences of the policies…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers
Effects of a Concept-Based Physical Education on Middle School Students' Knowledge, Motivation, and Out-of-School Physical Activity
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Wang, Yubing; Chen, Ang – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2020
Purpose: This study aimed to determine the extent to which a concept-based physical education curriculum, specifically the Science of Healthful Living (SHL) curriculum, influenced middle school students' knowledge, motivation for physical education (PE) and physical activity (PA), and out-of-school PA. Methods: A static group comparison design was…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Physical Education, Middle School Students, Knowledge Level
Three-Year Trajectory of Interest in Learning Physical Activity Knowledge: Influences of Gender and Prior Knowledge
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Wang, Yubing; Zhang, Tan; Chen, Ang – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the 3-year trajectory of students' interest in learning physical activity (PA) knowledge during middle school and the effects of gender and prior knowledge on the trajectory. Methods: Using a repeated-measures design, a cohort of 447 sixth-grade students' interest in learning PA knowledge was…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Gender Differences, Prior Learning, Middle School Students
Power of the Curriculum: Content, Context, and Learning in Physical Education
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Zhang, Tan; Wang, Yubing; Yli-Piipari, Sami; Chen, Ang – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2021
Purpose: It is argued that the constructivist physical education has the potential to overcome socioeconomic (SES) constraints and promote learning. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which school SES-related class environmental factors influenced student learning in a constructivist physical education context. Methods:…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Constructivism (Learning), Prior Learning, Socioeconomic Status
Two Pathways Underlying the Effects of Physical Education on Out-of-School Physical Activity
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Wang, Yubing; Chen, Ang – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2020
One primary goal of physical education (PE) is to promote students' lifelong physical activity (PA). This goal implies that PE should not only improve students' PA in PE classes but also promote their PA outside of the school known as the "PE effect." Purpose: In this study, we proposed a two-pathway model of the "PE effect"…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activity Level, Leisure Time, Health Behavior
Measurement Invariance of Expectancy-Value Questionnaire in Physical Education
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Zhu, Xihe; Sun, Haichun; Chen, Ang; Ennis, Catherine – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2012
Expectancy-Value Questionnaire (EVQ) measures student expectancy beliefs and task values of the domain content (Eccles & Wigfield, 1995). In this study the authors examine measurement invariance of EVQ in the domain of physical education between elementary and middle-school students. Participants included 811 students (3rd-5th grades) from 13…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Middle School Students, Classes (Groups of Students), Questionnaires