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The Role of Autonomy Supportive Activities on Students' Motivation and Beliefs toward Out-of-School Activities
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Mavropoulou, Angeliki; Barkoukis, Vassilis; Douka, Styliani; Alexandris, Konstantinos; Hatzimanouil, Dimitris – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
Physical education in elementary education usually provides children's first contact with sports. According to the trans-contextual model of motivation, physical education teachers can positively influence children's beliefs toward and actual leisure time physical activity behavior. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of a dance-based…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Student Motivation, Beliefs, Extracurricular Activities
School and Classroom Goal Structures: Effects on Affective Responses in Physical Education
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Barkoukis, Vassilis; Koidou, Eirini; Tsorbatzoudis, Haralambos; Grouios, George – Physical Educator, 2012
The current study examined the relative impact of school and classroom goal structures on students' affective responses and the mediating role of motivation. The sample of the study consisted of 368 high school students, who completed measures of school and classroom goal structures, motivational regulations in physical education, boredom, and…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Goal Orientation
Developmental Trajectories of Motivation in Physical Education: Course, Demographic Differences, and Antecedents
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Ntoumanis, Nikos; Barkoukis, Vassilis; Thogersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
This study investigated changes in student motivation to participate in physical education and some determinants of these changes over a period of 3 years. Measures were taken twice a year, from age 13 until age 15, from a sample of Greek junior high school students. Multilevel modeling analyses showed significant decreases in task-involving…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Junior High School Students, Student Motivation, Foreign Countries
Comparing Dichotomous and Trichotomous Approaches to Achievement Goal Theory: An Example Using Motivational Regulations as Outcome Variables
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Barkoukis, Vassilis; Ntoumanis, Nikos; Nikitaras, Nikitas – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Background: It is commonly assumed that there is conceptual equivalence between the task and ego achievement goals proposed by Nicholl's (1989) dichotomous achievement goal theory (Nicholls, 1989), and the mastery and performance approach goals advanced by Elliot's (1997) trichotomous hierarchical model of approach and avoidance achievement…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Questionnaires, Predictive Validity, Physical Education
The Assessment of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation and Amotivation: Validity and Reliability of the Greek Version of the Academic Motivation Scale
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Barkoukis, Vassilis; Tsorbatzoudis, Haralambos; Grouios, George; Sideridis, Georgios – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2008
Self-determination theory provides an integrated conception of school- and academic motivation. The theory proposes a continuum comprising three types of motivation: intrinsic motivation (IM), extrinsic motivation (EM), and amotivation (AM), characterised by seven dimensions (IM = to know, to accomplish and to experience stimulation, EM = external…
Descriptors: Incentives, Predictive Validity, Factor Structure, Student Motivation