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Direct linkDeng, Anqi; Zhang, Tan; Wang, Yubing; Chen, Ang – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2022
Purpose: Informed by the constructivist learning theory, the purpose of this study was to determine the impact of three continuing professional development (CPD) approaches on student learning in a healthful living physical education curriculum. Methods: Physical education teachers (n = 19) received one of the following CPD trainings: (1)…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Physical Education Teachers, Physical Education, Physical Fitness
Zhang, Tan – Sport, Education and Society, 2023
With a focus on the American context, the study investigates a teacher accountability reform as an expanding assemblage of neoliberal governance by providing an account of physical education teachers who were experiencing an accountability reform that required them to document student learning growth for teacher evaluation. Through stratified…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Teaching Experience, Accountability, Teacher Evaluation
Zhang, Tan; Deng, Anqi; Chen, Ang – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2021
Purpose: Guided by the declarative-procedural knowledge framework, the study attempts to identify middle school students' declarative (knowing what) and procedural (knowing how) fitness knowledge and the relationship between the two. Methods: A sample of students (n = 291, age 11-14 years) from 24 middle schools took a grade-relevant standardized…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Physical Fitness, Physical Activities, Knowledge Level
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
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
Wang, Yubing; Chen, Ang; Schweighardt, Ray; Zhang, Tan; Wells, Stephanie; Ennis, Catherine – European Physical Education Review, 2019
Acquiring scientific knowledge about physical activity is necessary for students to become physically literate for life, and cognitive engagement and cognitive levels of tasks are two components that often determine the effectiveness of knowledge acquisition. This study sought to determine the extent to which students' cognitive engagement in…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Middle School Students, Learner Engagement, Learning Activities
Deng, Anqi; Zhang, Tan; Chen, Ang – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2021
Purpose: It has been acknowledged in physical education (PE) that knowledge empowers learners to develop a physically active lifestyle In this study, we consider Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) as a valuable extension of the constructivist learning theory to help articulate the role of three pivotal instructional factors, content knowledge, learners,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Cognitive Ability, Middle School Students, Standardized Tests
Chen, Ang; Zhang, Tan; Wells, Stephanie L.; Schweighardt, Ray; Ennis, Catherine D. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2017
Based on the value orientation theory, the purpose of this study was to determine the impact of value orientation incongruence between physical education teachers and an externally designed curriculum on student learning in a concept-based fitness-centered physical education curriculum. Physical education teachers (n = 15) with different value…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Curriculum, Physical Fitness, Values
