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Motivational Profiles and Their Associations with Achievement Outcomes
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Shen, Bo; McCaughtry, Nate; Martin, Jeffrey J.; Fahlman, Mariane M. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2009
With the belief that theoretical integration in motivation may help us better understand motivational behavior, we designed this study to explore adolescents' motivational profiles and their associations with knowledge acquisition, leisure-time exercise behaviors, and cardiorespiratory fitness. Middle school students from a large urban inner-city…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Fitness, Student Motivation
The Effectiveness of Mentoring-Based Professional Development on Physical Education Teachers' Pedometer and Computer Efficacy and Anxiety
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Martin, Jeffrey J.; McCaughtry, Nate; Kulinna, Pamela; Cothran, Donetta; Faust, Roberta – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2008
The purpose of our study was to examine the impact of mentoring-based professional development on physical education teachers' efficacy. Experienced mentor teachers were paired (n = 15) with inexperienced protege teachers (n = 15) at the beginning of a yearlong intervention study. It was hypothesized that teachers would increase their efficacy to…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Mentors, Self Efficacy, Computer Attitudes
Effects of Teacher Autonomy Support and Students' Autonomous Motivation on Learning in Physical Education
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Shen, Bo; McCaughtry, Nate; Martin, Jeffrey; Fahlman, Mariane – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2009
This study applied self-determination theory to investigate the effects of students' autonomous motivation and their perceptions of teacher autonomy support on need satisfaction adjustment, learning achievement, and cardiorespiratory fitness over a 4-month personal conditioning unit. Participants were 253 urban adolescents (121 girls and 132 boys,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Self Determination, Learning Motivation, Teaching Methods
The Impact of a Social Cognitive Theory-Based Intervention on Physical Education Teacher Self-Efficacy
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Martin, Jeffrey J.; McCaughtry, Nate; Kulinna, Pamela Hodges; Cothran, Donetta – Professional Development in Education, 2009
Adolescents are physically inactive and non-Caucasian adolescents achieve the least amount of physical activity. Hence, supporting teachers' efforts to increase their students' physical activity during physical education is important. We examined the influence of a social cognitive theory-based intervention on teachers' efficacy to teach…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Social Theories, Teaching Methods, Barriers
Urban Adolescents' Exercise Intentions and Behaviors: An Exploratory Study of a Trans-Contextual Model
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Shen, Bo; McCaughtry, Nate; Martin, Jeffrey – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2008
Using a multi-theory approach, the current study was designed to identify gender differences in the psychological mechanisms by which urban adolescents' motivation in physical education transfers into their leisure-time activities. The theoretical frameworks of Self-Determination Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior were integrated to…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Leisure Time, Questionnaires
Top-Down Public Health Curricular Change: The Experience of Physical Education Teachers in the United States
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Cothran, Donetta J.; McCaughtry, Nate; Kulinna, Pamela Hodges; Martin, Jeffrey – Journal of In-service Education, 2006
Schools are frequently seen as the solution to social problems, and recent public health issues such as the near epidemic rates of obesity and diabetes are some of the newest pressures facing schools. This investigation is an exploration of physical education teachers' reactions to one school district's attempts to mandate a public health driven…
Descriptors: Health Related Fitness, Urban Schools, Social Problems, Physical Education