ERIC Number: EJ1046212
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0270-1367
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Relationship between Motivation and Learning in Physical Education and After-School Physical Activity
Chen, Senlin; Sun, Haichun; Zhu, Xihe; Chen, Ang
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, v85 n4 p468-477 2014
Purpose: A primary goal of physical education is to develop physically literate individuals with the knowledge, skills, and confidence necessary for a physically active lifestyle. Guided by the expectancy-value and interest motivation theories, the purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between students' motivation and health-related fitness knowledge developed in physical education and their after-school physical activity participation. Method: Third-, 4th-, and 5th-grade students (N = 293) from 6 elementary schools in a large metropolitan school district in the United States provided data on expectancy beliefs and perceived task values, situational interest, health-related fitness knowledge, and after-school physical activity. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and a simultaneous multiple regression model. Results: It was found that expectancy beliefs (ß = 0.20, t = 2.16, p = 0.03) and perceived exploration demand (ß = 0.25, t = 2.58, p = 0.01), a source for situational interest, were positively related to after-school physical activity. The 2 variables, however, accounted for only 11.2% of the variances for children's after-school physical activity participation. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that students' active exploration and expectancy beliefs for success in physical education have limited influence on leisure-time physical activity participation.
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Correlation, Multiple Regression Analysis, Physical Fitness, Knowledge Level, Beliefs, Life Style, Elementary School Students, Metropolitan Areas, School Districts, Student Attitudes, Statistical Analysis, Grade 5, Grade 4, Questionnaires
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Grade 4
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Language: English
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