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ERIC Number: EJ510965
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0273-5024
Who Is Having Fun in Physical Education Classes? Experiences of Sixth-Grade Students in Elementary and Middle Schools.
Portman, Penelope A.
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, v14 n4 p445-53 Jul 1995
Field observations of and interviews with 13 low-skilled 6th graders in physical education indicated that they all exhibited symptoms of learned helplessness. Students had knowledge of being low-skilled, and they experienced teachers communicating low expectations to them. Students were unwilling to expend effort to learn skills, so they were unable to improve. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Competence, Educational Experience, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools, Helplessness, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools, Physical Education, Psychomotor Skills, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Teacher Expectations of Students
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue title: "Physical Education through Students' Eyes and in Students' Voices." July 1995 Monograph.