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Direct linkZhang, 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; 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
Deng, 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
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
Chen, Senlin; Sun, Haichun; Zhu, Xihe; Chen, Ang – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2014
Purpose: A primary goal of physical education is to develop physically literate individuals with the knowledge, skills, and confidence necessary for a physically active lifestyle. Guided by the expectancy-value and interest motivation theories, the purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between students' motivation and…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Correlation
Zhu, Xihe; Chen, Ang – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2013
This study examined the relation between adolescent expectancy-value motivation, achievements, and after-school physical activity participation. Adolescents (N = 854) from 12 middle schools completed an expectancy-value motivation questionnaire, pre and posttests in psychomotor skill and health-related fitness knowledge tests, and a three-day…
Descriptors: Correlation, Psychomotor Skills, Physical Activities, Questionnaires
Zhu, Xihe; Chen, Ang – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
This study reports adolescent expectancy-value motivation, and its relation to fitness knowledge and psychomotor skill learning in physical education. Students (N = 854) from 12 middle schools provided data on expectancy-value motivation, fitness knowledge and psychomotor skill learning. Results from dependent t-test and MANOVA indicated that 8th…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Middle School Students, Racquet Sports, Physical Fitness
