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Haegele, Justin A.; Wilson, Wesley J.; Zhu, Xihe; Bueche, Justin J.; Brady, Ellie; Li, Chunxiao – European Physical Education Review, 2021
While movement toward the education of students with disabilities in integrated physical education has now become common internationally, it is not without concerns. Notably, scholars have questioned whether instruction in integrated physical education settings provides inclusive experiences for students with disabilities. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Barriers, Inclusion, Adapted Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers
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Kirk, T. N.; Haegele, Justin A.; Zhu, Xihe – Physical Educator, 2023
Evidence suggests that youth with visual impairments often experience exclusion from participation in physical education (PE). This study examined the frequency that individuals with visual impairments reported having learned fundamental motor skills and commonly taught PE sports skills, the importance that they ascribed to learning such skills,…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Skill Development, Visual Impairments, Students with Disabilities
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Haegele, Justin A.; Zhu, Xihe; Holland, Katherine – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to adopt an explicitly intersectional approach to examine the experiences of women identifying as having a visual impairment and as being overweight or obese in integrated physical education (PE). Method: An interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) research approach was used, and six women (ages 25-34)…
Descriptors: Females, Visual Impairments, Body Weight, Obesity
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Parrott, James Allen; Zhu, Xihe – Physical Educator, 2013
Stretching before activity has been a customary part of most physical education classes (PE), with static stretching typically the preferred method due to its ease of implementation. Historical and implicit support for its continued use is due in part to the sit-and-reach test and flexibility as one of the components of health-related fitness.…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Education, Exercise, Exercise Physiology
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Chen, Senlin; Chen, Ang; Zhu, Xihe – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2012
Previous studies devoted to K-12 learner motivation in physical education share a general assumption that students may lack motivation. This meta-analytic study examined published original studies (n = 79) to determine students' motivation level and the association between motivation and outcomes. Original means of motivation measures were…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Outcome Measures, Physical Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Zhu, Xihe; Chen, Ang; Ennis, Catherine; Sun, Haichun; Hopple, Christine; Bonello, Marina; Bae, Mihae; Kim, Sangmin – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2009
Students' learning has been the center of schooling. This study examined the contribution of situational interest motivation and cognitive engagement in workbooks to student achievement in learning health-related fitness knowledge. Situational interest, performance on solving workbook problems, and knowledge gain in cardio-respiratory fitness and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Workbooks