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Alison Merrill Talcott – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Campus recreation plays an important role on today's college and university campuses. Student involvement and engagement with campus recreation has multiple benefits to students extending beyond physical activity, such as students persisting at their college or university at a higher rate (Forrester et al., 2018), having a higher GPA (Belch et…
Descriptors: College Students, Recreational Activities, Physical Activity Level, Academic Persistence
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Grünthal-Drell, Marelle; Veigel, Maarika – Educational Process: International Journal, 2020
Several research studies have revealed that Estonia's youth are characterized by poor health indicators and decreasing levels of physical activity. Therefore it has become important to pay more attention to these topics within the context of youth work. Adult learner experiences, and their preparation and practice at university have a great deal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Education, Physical Activity Level, Skill Development
Santi-Huaranca, Inés; García-Huambachano, Victor; Sáenz-Tejada, Nicolás – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2018
The objective of this research work is to evaluate the scale of motivational factors (appearance, competence, enjoyment, fitness and social) for sport activities using SEMPLS multivariate methods in order to verify the importance of the reliability and validity of the measurement model, based on a construct. The sample used consisted of 401…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Motivation, Athletics, Competence
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Byra, Mark; Sanchez, Beth; Wallhead, Tristan – European Physical Education Review, 2014
Validating selected theoretical assumptions associated with the Spectrum of Teaching Styles is critical to the pursuit of knowledge about effective instructional strategies. To assess these styles, a total of 77 college-aged students at one university enrolled in four physical activity classes and participated in three 50-minute lessons with…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, College Students, Physical Activity Level
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Yoh, Taeho – College Student Journal, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate motivational attitudes toward participating in physical activity among international students attending colleges in the United States. Five-hundred twenty-one students participated in this study. The results indicated that the factors of organic development ("keeping good health and physical…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Physical Activities, Quality of Life, Recreation