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ERIC Number: EJ540339
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Impact of Motivational Climate on Students' Behaviors and Perceptions in a Physical Education Setting.
Solmon, Melinda A.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v88 n4 p731-38 Dec 1996
Differences in students' practice behaviors and perceptions of the motivational climate were studied with 109 seventh and eighth graders in physical education classes manipulated to be ego- or task-involved. Students perceived the conditions differently, and those in the task-involved condition completed more practice trials. (SLD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Educational Environment, Goal Orientation, Grade 7, Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Physical Education, Self Concept, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ego Involvement; Goal Theory; Practice; Student Engagement; Task Engagement
Note: Research support from the Department of Kinesiology at Louisiana State University.