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Miller, Brenna Cosgrove; Edwards, Elizabeth S.; Nye, Susan – Physical Educator, 2022
In comparison to children, adolescents achieve significantly less physical activity (PA). Additionally, activity differences exist among genders and race/ethnicities. One means of influencing the PA habits of adolescents is high school physical education. Although PE class reaches students of all ages, genders, and races, motivation and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Physical Education, Adolescents, Physical Activity Level
Sulz, Lauren; Gibbons, Sandra L.; Naylor, Patti-Jean; Wharf-Higgins, Joan – Physical Educator, 2020
This study examined the influence of a 4-month intervention on students' motivation in Grade 10 physical education and enrollment in elective physical education. Health Promoting Secondary School Physical Education (HPSS PE) was designed to improve students' psychological need satisfaction in physical education, based on self-determination theory.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Student Motivation, Grade 10, High School Students
Säfvenbom, Reidar; Haugen, Tommy; Bulie, Marte – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2015
Background and purpose: Due to attitudinal and motivational aims in the national curriculum, and to lack of research on adolescents' experiences with physical education (PE) in Norway, the purposes of this study were to (1) attain data on attitudes toward PE and self-determined motivation for PE among a representative sample of adolescents (N =…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Educational Benefits, National Curriculum
How, Yew Meng; Whipp, Peter R.; Dimmock, James A.; Jackson, Ben – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2013
This study examined whether the provision of choice in physical education (PE) enhanced students' autonomous motivation, perceived autonomy support, and physical activity (PA) levels, relative to a "regular PE" control group. Students from eight intact high school PE classes ("N" = 257, M[subscript "age"] = 12.91)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Physical Education
Barkoukis, Vassilis; Hagger, Martin S. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2013
The trans-contextual model of motivation (TCM) proposes that perceived autonomy support in physical education (PE) predicts autonomous motivation within this context, which, in turn, is related to autonomous motivation and physical activity in leisure-time. According to achievement goal theory perceptions of learning and performance, motivational…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Personal Autonomy