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Pedro José Carrillo López – Physical Educator, 2023
This manuscript describes a pedagogical proposal for the adherence to healthy eating in sixth-grade schoolchildren. The reason for the design lies in the high prevalence of overweight and obesity together with a growing current sedentary lifestyle, aspects that constitute a serious public health problem worldwide with an upward trend and pandemic…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Grade 6, Child Health, Dietetics
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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
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Özgül, Fatih; Atan, Tülin; Kangalgil, Murat – Physical Educator, 2019
This experimental study compared the impact of the command style and inclusion style of physical education lessons on teaching basic volleyball skills to 6th graders during the 2014-2015 academic year. The 100 students in the research group were divided into three groups: control (n = 32), command style (n = 34), and inclusion style (n = 34). A…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Grade 6, Teaching Methods, Team Sports
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Ada, Elif Nilay; Comoutos, Nikos; Karamitrou, Aristea; Kazak, Zisan – Physical Educator, 2019
This cross-sectional study explored the relationships between dispositional flow, motivational climate, and self-talk in physical education. Six hundred forty-eight participants completed the Dispositional Flow Scale for Physical Education, the Learning and Performance Orientation in Physical Education Classes Questionnaire, and the Automatic…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Personality, Motivation, Inner Speech (Subvocal)
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Gerani, Chrysa; Theodosiou, Argiris; Barkoukis, Vassilis; Papacharisis, Vassilis; Tsorbatzoudis, Haralambos; Gioupsani, Apostolia – Physical Educator, 2020
This study investigated the effects of a goal-setting intervention on students' physical education and leisure-time physical activity motivation cognition. One hundred sixty-nine primary school pupils in fifth and sixth grades (11-12 years old) participated in the study and were randomly divided into two groups. Ninety-four students participated…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Physical Education, Outcomes of Education, Leisure Time
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Lodewyk, Ken R.; Mandigo, James L. – Physical Educator, 2017
Physical and Health Education Canada has developed and implemented a formative, criterion-referenced, and practitioner-based national (Canadian) online educational assessment and support resource called Passport for Life (PFL). It was developed to support the awareness and advancement of physical literacy among PE students and teachers. PFL…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers
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Derri, Vassiliki; Aggeloussis, Nikos; Petraki, Christina – Physical Educator, 2004
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of an eight-week health-related fitness and nutrition education program on fitness components and dietary habits in upper elementary school students. Forty children from the fifth and sixth grade, 10 to 12 years of age (M= 11.2, SD= 1.1), participated in the study. The experimental…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Physical Education, Nutrition Instruction