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Cairney, John; Clark, Heather; Dudley, Dean; Kriellaars, Dean – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2019
Purpose: Physical literacy (PL) has been proposed as a key construct for understanding participation in physical activity. However, the lack of an agreed-upon definition and measure has hindered research on the topic. The current study proposed and analyzed the construct validity of a PL model comprised of motor competence, perceived competence,…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Literacy, Physical Education, Children
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Shen, Bo; Wingert, Robert K.; Li, Weidong; Sun, Haichun; Rukavina, Paul Bernard – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2010
Amotivation refers to a state in which individuals cannot perceive a relationship between their behavior and that behavior's subsequent outcome. With the belief that considering amotivation as a multidimensional construct could reflect the complexity of motivational deficits in physical education, we developed this study to validate an amotivation…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Construct Validity, Predictive Validity, Factor Structure
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Rady, Amy Meltzer; And Others – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1987
A review is presented of studies regarding the construct validity of the individual purposes concepts of the Purpose Process Curriculum Framework. Aspects considered include: body awareness in space; spatial relationships; teamwork; and physiological fitness. (CB)
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Educational Theories