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David C. Barney; Keven Prusak; Tyler Eves; Olivia Lougee; Zack Beddoes – Physical Educator, 2024
Music is tool physical education (PE) teachers can use to help motivate students to greater physical activity (PA) rates during class activities. Music research in the PE context has found music to increase PA rates in the junior high school context (Brewer, et. al., 2016), that music increases the enjoyment to the PE experience for students…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Music, Physical Education Teachers, Student Motivation
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Wilkinson, Carol; Prusak, Keven A. – Physical Educator, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between health-related fitness knowledge (HRFK) and various intensity and activity levels of physical activity in male and female high school students. At the end of a Fitness for Life course, high school students (N = 280) completed a HRFK questionnaire and the Leisure-Time Physical…
Descriptors: Correlation, Health Related Fitness, Physical Activity Level, Knowledge Level
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Fröberg, Andreas – Physical Educator, 2022
From a health promotion perspective, schools are ideal settings for the promotion of physical activity since virtually all children and youth can be reached. Physical education is mandatory in many countries and offers unique opportunities for the promotion of physical activity among children and youth. However, since physical education represents…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activity Level, Children, Adolescents
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Deutsch, Joe; Waldera, Roman; Linker, Jenny; Schnabel, Ethan – Physical Educator, 2022
Daily physical activity (PA) benefits children's and adolescents' overall health while reducing the likelihood of obesity. Elementary school physical education (PE) classes provide opportunities for children and adolescents not only to participate in PA but also to build the knowledge and skills needed to be physically active across their…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Elementary School Students, Knowledge Level
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Pennington, Colin G.; Nelson, Larry P. – Physical Educator, 2020
This study measured the physical activity contributions of Dancing Classrooms on middle school students. Data were collected on 77 students from two large urban middle schools who wore Actigraph wGT3X+ accelerometers for 2 weeks during the program. Physical activity profiles were created to show participant heart rates and step counts. Focus…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Physical Activity Level, Dance Education, Urban Schools
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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
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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
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Ajman, Hrvoje; Novak, Dario; Mišigoj-Durakovic, Marjeta – Physical Educator, 2019
Much is known about the influence of potential lifestyle factors on adolescents' nutritional status, but in Croatia there are not many studies of this topic. Past studies have shown many variables associated with being overweight/obese. Thus, this study investigated the associations between the overweight/obesity status and lifestyle factors of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Life Style, Body Weight, Obesity
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Hodges, Michael; Wicke, Jason; Flores-Marti, Ismael – Physical Educator, 2018
Many have examined game-based instructional models, though few have examined the effects of the Tactical Games Model (TGM) on secondary-aged students. Therefore, this study examined the effects TGM has on secondary students' physical activity (PA) and gameplay performance (GPP) in three secondary schools. Physical education teachers (N = 3) were…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Educational Games, Teaching Methods, Secondary School Students
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Burner, Allison; Bopp, Melissa; Papalia, Zack; Weimer, Alison; Bopp, Christopher M. – Physical Educator, 2019
The decline in physical activity (PA) from youth to young adulthood is evident, though limited research has addressed whether specific factors of K-12 physical education (PE) have any influence on outcomes during college years. This study examined the relationship between college students' physical fitness and PA behavior and their high school PE…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Physical Education, High School Students, College Students
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Gutierrez, Ashley A.; Williams, Skip M.; Coleman, Margaret M.; Garrahy, Deborah A.; Laurson, Kelly R. – Physical Educator, 2016
Background: The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to examine the percentage of the daily threshold (12,000 steps) that physical education (PE) class and recess contribute to 6th grade students' overall daily physical activity (PA) and (b) to examine the relationships between gender, PA outside of school, BMI, and steps during both recess and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Recess Breaks, Physical Activity Level, Grade 6
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Barnas, Jillian; Wunder, Colin, II; Ball, Steve – Physical Educator, 2018
Introduction: The prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States has reached epidemic status with some states with rates as high as 20%. The most effective interventions for combating inactivity target children before inactivity develops in their adolescent years. If effective, school-aged physical activity (PA) interventions would decrease…
Descriptors: Playgrounds, Child Health, Obesity, Physical Activity Level
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Lauderdale, Michael E.; Yli-Piipari, Sami; Irwin, Carol C.; Layne, Todd E. – Physical Educator, 2015
Previous research has shown a decline in physical activity (PA) across college years, females being less physically active compared with males. Scholars have suggested studies to understand gender differences in PA and to examine motivational processes to facilitate college students' PA. Grounded in self-determination theory, the purpose of this…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Student Motivation, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level
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Eberline, Andrew; Judge, Lawrence W.; Walsh, Andy; Hensley, Larry D. – Physical Educator, 2018
Because of the continued increase in obesity rates and decrease in children's physical activity and fitness levels, this study investigated the relationship between habitual physical activity and perceived competence, enjoyment of physical activity, and cardiorespiratory fitness among upper elementary school children. This study used the…
Descriptors: Children, Obesity, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level
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Davis, Kathryn L.; Wojcik, Janet R.; DeWaele, Christi S. – Physical Educator, 2016
Introduction: Little is known about the physical fitness, obesity, and physical activity (PA) levels of high school students in physical education classes when comparing racial and gender groups. Purpose: To compare the fitness, obesity, and PA levels of female and male students of different racial groups in 6 high schools in the southeastern…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Obesity, Physical Activity Level, High School Students
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