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Teaching Style, Motivational Climate, and Physical Education: An Intervention Program for Enhancing Students' Intention for Physical Activity
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Mouratidou, Katerina; Grassinger, Robert; Lytrosygouni, Eleftheria; Ourda, Despoina – Physical Educator, 2022
Lifelong physical activity is one goal of physical education. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a 9-week designed intervention in physical education at promoting elementary school students' intention for physical activity. The intervention was based on the creation of a task-oriented motivational climate during physical…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Elementary School Students, Student Motivation, Intention
An Intervention Programme for Enhancing Kindergarteners' Cognitive Engagement and Comprehension Skills through Reading Informational Texts
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Chlapana, Elissavet – Literacy, 2016
The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether systematic instruction of informational texts can enhance kindergarteners' cognitive involvement in text discussion and comprehension skills. The sample consisted of 15 children aged 5-6 years old in a kindergarten classroom located in a rural area in Rethymno, Crete. A four-phase…
Descriptors: Intervention, Kindergarten, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Pairing Learners by Companionship: Effects on Motor Skill Performance and Comfort Levels in the Reciprocal Style of Teaching
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Chatoupis, Constantine – Physical Educator, 2015
Mosston and Ashworth's (2008) reciprocal style of teaching gives learners the opportunity to work in pairs to support each other's learning (one practices a task and the other gives feedback). The effects of pairing learners by companionship (friend and nonacquaintance) on 8-year-old children's motor skill performance and comfort levels were…
Descriptors: Reciprocal Teaching, Psychomotor Skills, Friendship, Children
The Effects of the Reciprocal and the Self-Check Styles on Pupils' Performance in Primary Physical Education
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Kolovelonis, Athanasios; Goudas, Marios; Gerodimos, Vassilios – European Physical Education Review, 2011
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of the reciprocal and the self-check teaching styles on pupils' basketball chest pass performance and on related psychosocial variables in a single physical education session. Participants were 64 fifth and sixth grade pupils between 11 and 12 years of age who were randomly assigned to three…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6, Physical Education
Physical Education and Moral Development: An Intervention Programme to Promote Moral Reasoning through Physical Education in High School Students
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Mouratidou, Katerina; Goutza, Stavroula; Chatzopoulos, Dimitrios – European Physical Education Review, 2007
Moral development is one of the goals of physical education (PE). However, few programmes have been implemented to investigate how moral development is promoted in PE settings. This study was designed in order to explore the effectiveness of a six-week specially designed moral development intervention in the PE domain in high school students, and…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Physical Education, Teaching Styles