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Direct linkDamián Iglesias; Javier Fernandez-Rio; Pablo Rodríguez-González – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2023
Purpose: This paper aimed to examine moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) levels in physical education. Method: A review of reviews was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. The screening process, data extraction, assessment of the risk of bias, and analysis of the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activity Level, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
Pereira, Paulo; Santos, Fernando; Marinho, Daniel A. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2023
Purpose: To validate the English version of the L'Echelle de Perception du Climat Motivational within a Portuguese context and analyze students' perceptions of the motivational climate in physical education and its relationship to demographic variables, participation in extracurricular sports, and students' grades. Methods: A total of 476…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Physical Education
Lopes, Vítor P.; Stodden, David F.; Rodrigues, Luis P. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2017
Background: Motor skill (MS) competence is an important contributing factor for healthy development. Purpose: The goal was to test the effectiveness of primary school physical education (PE) on MS and physical fitness (PF) development. Methods: Three classes (n = 60, aged 9.0 ± 0.9) were randomly assigned to three diverse conditions during a…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Elementary School Students, Physical Education, Physical Fitness
Peralta, Miguel; Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio; Ferrari, Gerson; Catunda, Ricardo; Heriques-Neto, Duarte; Marques, Adilson – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2023
Purpose: Physical education (PE) is an important context for promoting health-related cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in youth. Within PE, the lesson context and teacher behavior may be relevant for the promotion CRF; however, evidence is scarce. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess whether students' CRF improvement in a school year…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Teacher Behavior, Context Effect
Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio; Ihle, Andreas; Gouveia, Bruna Raquel; Rodrigues, Ana José; Marques, Adilson; Freitas, Duarte Luís; Kliegel, Matthias; Correia, Ana Luísa; Alves, Ricardo; Lopes, Helder – Physical Educator, 2019
This study investigated the relation between students' attitude toward physical education (PE) and its correlates by simultaneously considering age, sex, enjoying physical activity (PA), self-perceived physically active lifestyle (PAL), self-perception of physical competence, PA, and cardiovascular fitness (CF). This cross-sectional study included…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Student Attitudes, Physical Activity Level, Physical Fitness
Gomes, Thayse Natacha; dos Santos, Fernanda K.; Zhu, Weimo; Eisenmann, Joey; Maia, José A. R. – Journal of School Health, 2014
Background: Children spend most of their awake time at school, and it is important to identify individual and school-level correlates of their physical activity (PA) levels. This study aimed to identify the between-school variability in Portuguese children PA and to investigate student and school PA correlates using multilevel modeling. Methods:…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Influences, Educational Environment, Correlation
Martins, João; Marques, Adilson; Rodrigues, António; Sarmento, Hugo; Onofre, Marcos; Carreiro da Costa, Francisco – Sport, Education and Society, 2018
Based on a socio-ecological framework for physical education (PE), this study explored and analysed the perspectives of physically active and inactive adolescent boys and girls with different socioeconomic status (SES), regarding the meanings that PE had on their physical activity (PA) lifestyles throughout childhood and adolescence. An…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Life Style, Physical Education, Influences
Marmeleira, Jose Francisco Filipe; Aldeias, Nuno Micael Carrasqueira; da Graca, Pedro Miguel dos Santos Medeira – European Physical Education Review, 2012
The main aim of this study was to evaluate the physical activity (PA) levels of high school Portuguese students during physical education (PE) and investigate the association of PA levels with students' goal orientation and intrinsic motivation. Forty-six students from three high schools participated. Heart rate telemetry and pedometry were used…
Descriptors: Metabolism, High School Students, Physical Education, Physical Activity Level
Van Acker, Ragnar; da Costa, Francisco Carreiro; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Cardon, Greet; Haerens, Leen – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2010
Background: Physical education should promote an active and healthy lifestyle with an emphasis on students' preparation for lifelong physical activity. "Healthy People 2010" recommends that physical education is offered on a daily basis and that pupils engage in physical activities of moderate to vigorous intensity (MVPA) during at least…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Females
Mota, Jorge; Valente, Monica; Aires, Luisa; Silva, Pedro; Santos, Maria Paula; Ribeiro, Jose Carlos – European Physical Education Review, 2007
The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to examine the effects of specific cut-off scoring points (on the estimated prevalence of meeting health-related guidelines for physical activity in youth) and, second, to document the differences in gender physical activity patterns according to two different cut-off points. The sample comprised 62…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Incidence, Physical Activity Level, Guidelines
