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Liu, Jiling; Xiang, Ping; McBride, Ron E.; Chen, Han – European Physical Education Review, 2020
Self-regulated learning is critical to student academic success as well as healthy lifestyles. Although widely conducted among students from various disciplines, self-regulated learning research seems not to have paid much attention to preservice physical education teachers. Attempting to amend this literature gap as well as inform the current…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Academic Achievement, Life Style, Health Behavior
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Parker, Melissa; MacPhail, Ann; O'Sullivan, Mary; Ní Chróinín, Déirdre; McEvoy, Eileen – European Physical Education Review, 2018
This study explores the relationship between primary school physical education and physical activity as sites for the practice of physical activity of Irish primary school children. Understanding how children make connections between physical activity sites is important in shaping physical education experiences that promote lifelong participation.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary School Students, Physical Education, Physical Activity Level
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Banville, Dominique; Kulinna, Pamela Hodges; Dyson, Ben; Stylianou, Michalis; Colby, Rachel; Dryden, Craig – European Physical Education Review, 2017
The purpose of this study was to identify students' perspectives of the role of healthy behaviours in their well-being and school success. Since a number of studies focused on establishing the link between healthy behaviours and learning have relied on quantitative measures, it was deemed important to provide a different perspective on the topic…
Descriptors: Role, Health Behavior, Foreign Countries, Well Being
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Leirhaug, Petter E. – European Physical Education Review, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between student grades and assessment for learning (AfL) in physical education. In educational literature, the focus on formative assessment has grown dramatically, partly because research indicates that good AfL is one of the most effective instructional tools to drive student learning…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Foreign Countries, Correlation, Physical Education
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Elliott, Dave; Hoyle, Kathryn – European Physical Education Review, 2014
This study examined barriers to Physical Education (PE) in a sample of Christian and Muslim schoolgirls attending UK comprehensive secondary schools. Also assessed was whether religion and school year (age) had any impact upon barrier strength and if school year × religion interactions existed. A questionnaire was developed and exploratory factor…
Descriptors: Barriers, Physical Education, Christianity, Muslims
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Jackson-Kersey, Rachel; Spray, Christopher – European Physical Education Review, 2013
The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Amotivation Inventory in Physical Education (AI-PE). In addition, the study sought to identify the relationships between students' amotivation, physical self-concept, and teacher ratings of National Curriculum attainment levels in PE. Students ("N" = 510) from a…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Student Motivation, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Jaakkola, Timo; Washington, Tracy; Yli-Piipari, Sami – European Physical Education Review, 2013
The main purpose of this longitudinal study was to investigate the role of motivational climates, perceived competence and motivational regulations as antecedents of self-reported physical activity during junior high school years. The participants included 237 Finnish students (101 girls, 136 boys) that were 13 years old at the first stage of the…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Measures (Individuals)
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Kjonniksen, Lise; Fjortoft, Ingunn; Wold, Bente – European Physical Education Review, 2009
This study examined the relationship between participation in organized youth sport and attitude to physical education (PE) during adolescence and physical activity in young adulthood. The sample comprised 630 participants who completed questionnaires over a 10-year period. Analysis of variance and regression were used to examine the relationship…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Questionnaires
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Ha, Amy; Abbott, Rebecca; Macdonald, Doune; Pang, Bonnie – European Physical Education Review, 2009
This study compared the self-reported physical activity, perceived social support for, and perceived barriers to, physical activity of primary and secondary school children from Hong Kong and Australia. Hong Kong boys and girls reported spending significantly less time, outside of school hours, on physical activity than their Australian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Parent Influence, Barriers
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Salvara, Marina I.; Jess, Mike; Abbott, Angela; Bognar, Jozsef – European Physical Education Review, 2006
Via a Greek sample of 75 sixth grade pupils, the influences of teaching styles on pupils' goal orientations were investigated. LAPOPECQ was distributed twice, before and after the application of the teaching programme consisting of four teaching style groups. Employing a paired samples t test, the results indicated significant pre-to-post changes.…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teaching Styles, Teacher Characteristics, Goal Orientation
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Pfister, Gertrud; Reeg, Annemarie – European Physical Education Review, 2006
Health and fitness among children and adolescents is a subject currently receiving public attention. This article focuses on the fitness of German pupils (third and fourth grades) in five schools in Berlin with widely differing social catchment areas as well as children from differing social backgrounds. Besides an orthopaedic examination and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Urban Schools, Socioeconomic Influences
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Scheerder, Jeroen; Vanreusel, Bart; Taks, Marijke; Renson, Roland – European Physical Education Review, 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine (a) whether adolescents' leisure-time sports participation is socially stratified, and (b) whether possible stratification patterns have changed over the last decades. The population for the study consisted of four random samples of high school boys and girls in Flanders who were exposed to a standardized…
Descriptors: Athletics, Social Stratification, Adolescents, Trend Analysis