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Liu, Jiling; McBride, Ron E.; Xiang, Ping; Scarmardo-Rhodes, Melissa – Quest, 2018
To better prepare physical education (PE) teachers, this study explored a group of pre-service teachers' understanding, application, and development of critical thinking (CT) in a capstone methods course. Participants were 12 pre-service teachers from a PE teacher education (PETE) program at a large university in the southwestern United States.…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Critical Thinking, Comprehension
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McBride, Ron E.; Xiang, Ping – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2013
Three hundred and sixty-one students participating in university physical activity classes completed questionnaires assessing perceived health and self-regulated learning. In addition, 20 students (11 men; 9 women) were interviewed about their reasons for enrolling, participation and goals in the class. Results indicated the students endorsed…
Descriptors: College Students, Questionnaires, Physical Activities, Interviews
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Xiang, Ping; Solmon, Melinda A.; McBride, Ron E. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2006
Using Nicholl's (1989) and Dweck's (1999, 2002) theories on ability as conceptual frameworks, this study explored teachers' and students' conceptions of ability in elementary physical education. Participants were 8 physical education specialists from five public schools and 160 students from their second- and fourth-grade classes. Teacher and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Academic Ability, Elementary Education, Physical Education Teachers