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High School Students' Attitudes toward Fitness Testing
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Mercier, Kevin; Silverman, Stephen – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of high school students toward fitness testing. An instrument containing 18 items and four factors measuring student's attitudes toward fitness testing: cognitive, affect-enjoyment, affect-feelings, and affect-teacher was completed by 524 boys and 675 girls (N = 1199). MANOVA indicated…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Physical Fitness, Gender Differences
Game Play Participation of Amotivated Students during Sport Education
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Wallhead, Tristan L.; Garn, Alex C.; Vidoni, Carla; Youngberg, Charli – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2013
Sport Education has embedded pedagogical strategies proposed to reduce the prevalence of amotivation in physical education. The purpose of this study was to provide an examination of the game play participation rates of amotivated students within a Sport Education season. A sample of 395 high school students participated in a season of team…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Athletics, High School Students, Student Motivation
Adolescents' Interest and Performances in Aerobic Fitness Testing
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Zhu, Xihe; Chen, Senlin; Parrott, James – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2014
This study examined adolescents' interest in aerobic fitness testing and its relation to the test performances. Adolescents (N = 356) from three middle schools participated in the study. The participants took two aerobic fitness tests: the Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run (PACER) and One-Mile Run (1MR) with a two-day interval, and…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Testing, Predictor Variables, Gender Differences
Self-Regulated Learning and Perceived Health among Students Participating in University Physical Activity Classes
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McBride, Ron E.; Xiang, Ping – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2013
Three hundred and sixty-one students participating in university physical activity classes completed questionnaires assessing perceived health and self-regulated learning. In addition, 20 students (11 men; 9 women) were interviewed about their reasons for enrolling, participation and goals in the class. Results indicated the students endorsed…
Descriptors: College Students, Questionnaires, Physical Activities, Interviews
Affective Learning Profiles in Compulsory High School Physical Education: An Instructional Communication Perspective
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Webster, Collin A.; Mindrila, Diana; Weaver, Glenn – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2013
Affective learning is a major focus of the national K-12 physical education (PE) content standards (National Association for Sport and Physical Education [NASPE, 2004]). Understanding how students might fit into different affective learning subgroups would help extend affective learning theory in PE and suggest possible intervention strategies for…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Affective Objectives, Intervention, Multivariate Analysis
Investigating Factors in the Retention of Students in High School Physical Education
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Lodewyk, Ken R.; Pybus, Colin M. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2013
Several studies have reported declining student enrolment rates in optional physical education. This study--incorporating constructs from social cognitive, self-determination, and body image theory--investigated factors that might be influential to this trend. Surveys were administered to 227 tenth-grade students from five schools in one school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Physical Activity Level, High Schools