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Early Validation Evidence of the Canadian Practitioner-Based Assessment of Physical Literacy in Secondary Physical Education
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Lodewyk, Ken R. – Physical Educator, 2019
The assessment of physical literacy is vital and challenging for researchers and practitioners. Passport for Life is a Canadian global practitioner-based, formative, criterion-referenced assessment of physical literacy that is recorded in an online program. Students complete eight assessments divided across four broad categories of physical…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, High School Students, Grade 10
Influence of Significant Others on High School Students' Expectancies of Success and Task Value in Physical Education
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Williams, Skip M.; Weiss, Windee – Physical Educator, 2018
This study examined the perceived influence of significant others' beliefs on students' expectancies of success and task value in physical education (PE). PE students (N = 231) between Grades 9 and 12 participated. Multiple regressions examined the influence of perceived parents', teachers', and classmates' beliefs on students' ability…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, High School Students, Physical Education, Predictor Variables
Understanding the Factors That Influence Motivation and Experiences in High School Physical Education
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Miller, Brenna Cosgrove; Edwards, Elizabeth S.; Nye, Susan – Physical Educator, 2022
In comparison to children, adolescents achieve significantly less physical activity (PA). Additionally, activity differences exist among genders and race/ethnicities. One means of influencing the PA habits of adolescents is high school physical education. Although PE class reaches students of all ages, genders, and races, motivation and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Physical Education, Adolescents, Physical Activity Level
Evaluation of an Intervention to Increase Student Motivation and Enrollment in Physical Education
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Sulz, Lauren; Gibbons, Sandra L.; Naylor, Patti-Jean; Wharf-Higgins, Joan – Physical Educator, 2020
This study examined the influence of a 4-month intervention on students' motivation in Grade 10 physical education and enrollment in elective physical education. Health Promoting Secondary School Physical Education (HPSS PE) was designed to improve students' psychological need satisfaction in physical education, based on self-determination theory.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Student Motivation, Grade 10, High School Students
Teachers' Understanding of Students' Attitudes and Values toward Physical Activity in Physical Education Dropout Rates and Adolescent Obesity
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Landolfi, Emilio – Physical Educator, 2014
Structured interviews were used to explore 10th grade teachers' understanding of students' attitudes and values toward physical education and physical activity as a variable in students' probability of dropping physical education and adolescent obesity. When asked how school-based physical education could help combat the problem of students…
Descriptors: Structured Interviews, Grade 10, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers
Why Do Some Students Who are Good at Physical Education Dislike It So Much?
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Morey, Ruth S.; Karp, Grace Goc – Physical Educator, 1998
Examined factors that influenced the formation of neutral or negative attitudes in physically competent 10th graders toward physical education and physical activity. Observations, surveys, and interviews with 10th graders indicated that the primary influences on students' attitudes were issues relating to the physical-education program, the…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Family Influence, Grade 10, High Schools