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Direct linkChen, Senlin; Sun, Haichun; Zhu, Xihe; Chen, Ang – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 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…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Correlation
Chen, Ang – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2013
Physical activity is critical to healthy development of children. It is well documented that helping children develop and sustain a physically active lifestyle requires children to become motivated. Many studies have been conducted in the past 2.5 decades on determinants and correlates for children and adolescents' physical activity…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Motivation, Research Needs, Health Related Fitness
Chen, Senlin; Chen, Ang; Zhu, Xihe – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2012
Previous studies devoted to K-12 learner motivation in physical education share a general assumption that students may lack motivation. This meta-analytic study examined published original studies (n = 79) to determine students' motivation level and the association between motivation and outcomes. Original means of motivation measures were…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Outcome Measures, Physical Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Sun, Haichun; Chen, Ang; Ennis, Catherine; Martin, Robert; Shen, Bo – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2008
It has been demonstrated that situational interest in physical activity may derive from five dimensional sources, Novelty, Optimal Challenge, Attention Demand, Exploration Intent, and Instant Enjoyment. The purpose of this study was to examine the multidimensional sources in elementary school physical education. The five dimensions were measured…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Factor Analysis, Elementary School Students
Chen, Ang; Martin, Robert; Ennis, Catherine D.; Sun, Haichun – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2008
The curriculum may superimpose a content-specific context that mediates motivation (Bong, 2001). This study examined content specificity of the expectancy-value motivation in elementary school physical education. Students' expectancy beliefs and perceived task values from a cardiorespiratory fitness unit, a muscular fitness unit, and a traditional…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Physical Education, Student Motivation, Multivariate Analysis
Chen, Ang; Martin, Robert; Sun, Haichun; Ennis, Catherine D. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2007
Constructivist physical education emphasizes cognitive engagement. This study examined the impact of a constructivist curriculum on in-class physical activity. Caloric expenditure in metabolic equivalents (MET) and vector magnitude count (VM) data from a random sample of 41 constructivist lessons were compared with those from a random sample of 35…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Physical Education, Physical Activities, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedChen, Ang – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 1996
Reports a study that examined patterns of holding interest for physical activities in a state physical education curriculum for secondary schools. College students who had completed their entire secondary education within the state described their interests. Results indicated that interest could be differentiated into four patterns on the basis of…
Descriptors: College Students, Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Secondary Education
