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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 Exploratory Study of Youth Soccer Players' Participation Motivation and Health-Related Behaviors
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Zeng, Zhenhao; Meng, Wen-Yan; Sun, Peng; Xie, Li Sheng – Physical Educator, 2019
Using the Adapted Questionnaire of Soccer Athlete's Motivation and Health Related Behaviors[superscript -Chinese Version] (AQSAMHRB), this study examined essential factors that motivate youth athletes to participate in soccer practices and competitions. Participants included 98 male soccer athletes (aged 14-15) from 10 middle schools of Jiangsu…
Descriptors: Youth, Team Sports, Student Athletes, Student Participation
The Effect of a Goal-Setting Program in Physical Education on Cognitive and Affective Outcomes of the Lesson
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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
Picking Teams: Motivational Effects of Team Selection Strategies in Physical Education
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Barney, David; Prusak, Keven A.; Beddoes, Zack; Eggett, Dennis – Physical Educator, 2016
The tacitly sanctioned practice of publicly picking teams in physical education has been categorized as instructionally inappropriate, yet its practice persists. Therefore, the purpose of this two-study article was to examine its effects on achievement goals orientations and motivational profiles of male junior high school physical education…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Goal Orientation, Student Motivation, Junior High School Students
The Effects of Motivational Climate on Youth Sport Participants
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Prichard, Alison; Deutsch, Joe – Physical Educator, 2015
Sports are popular across the nation and youth sport participation is at an all-time high, yet children are quitting youth sports at an alarming rate. If this trend is going to change, several areas of concern must be addressed. The climate created on youth teams can be polarizing, having the potential for significant positive or negative…
Descriptors: Athletics, Team Sports, Physical Education, Student Motivation
School and Classroom Goal Structures: Effects on Affective Responses in Physical Education
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Barkoukis, Vassilis; Koidou, Eirini; Tsorbatzoudis, Haralambos; Grouios, George – Physical Educator, 2012
The current study examined the relative impact of school and classroom goal structures on students' affective responses and the mediating role of motivation. The sample of the study consisted of 368 high school students, who completed measures of school and classroom goal structures, motivational regulations in physical education, boredom, and…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Goal Orientation