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Successful After-School Physical Activity Clubs in Urban High Schools: Perspectives of Adult Leaders and Student Participants
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Garn, Alex C.; McCaughtry, Nate; Kulik, Noel L.; Kaseta, Michele; Maljak, Kim; Whalen, Laurel; Shen, Bo; Martin, Jeffrey J.; Fahlman, Mariane – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2014
Grounded in social cognitive theory, the purpose of this study was to examine leaders' and students' perspectives of factors that contribute to effective voluntary after-school physical activity clubs. Data were collected over two-years via field observations (n= 115) and interviews with students (n= 278) and adult leaders (n= 126).…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Physical Activities, Hunger, Transportation
Physical Activity Change through Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs in Urban Elementary Schools
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Centeio, Erin E.; McCaughtry, Nate; Gutuskey, Lila; Garn, Alex C.; Somers, Cheryl; Shen, Bo; Martin, Jeffrey J.; Kulik, Noel L. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2014
The impact of Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs (CSPAPs) on urban children's, educators', and parents' physical activity (PA) is relatively unknown. The purpose of this study was to explore overall changes in student, educator, and parent PA after an 8-month CSPAP-based program. This longitudinal, exploratory study…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Comprehensive School Health Education, Elementary Schools
An Investigation of Adolescent Girls' Global Self-Concept, Physical Self-Concept, Identified Regulation, and Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Physical Education
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Beasley, Emily Kristin; Garn, Alex C. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2013
This study examined the relationships among identified regulation, physical self-concept, global self-concept, and leisure-time physical activity with a sample of middle and high school girls (N = 319) enrolled in physical education. Based on Marsh's theory of self-concept, it was hypothesized that a) physical self-concept would mediate the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Self Concept, Females, Leisure Time
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
Urban High-School Girls' Sense of Relatedness and Their Engagement in Physical Education
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Shen, Bo; McCaughtry, Nate; Martin, Jeffrey J.; Fahlman, Mariane; Garn, Alex C. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2012
A sense of relatedness is individuals' views about themselves as connected to others and worthy of love and respect from others. Using the Self-System Model of Motivational Development as the framework, this study was designed to examine associations of urban high-school girls' relatedness toward teachers and peers with their behavioral and…
Descriptors: Females, Physical Education, Questionnaires, Learner Engagement
The Fun Factor in Physical Education
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Garn, Alex C.; Cothran, Donetta – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2006
Using Scanlan and Lewthwaite's (1986) sport enjoyment model as a conceptual framework, this study was designed to explore two areas: (a) students' and teachers' perceptions of "fun" in physical education class and (b) differences that may exist in these perceptions between groups of students (in team sports, individual/dual sports, and fitness)…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Achievement Need, Team Sports, Undergraduate Students