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Liu J, Xiang P. Expectancy-Value Motivation and Physical Activity- and Health-Related Outcomes among At-Risk Children and Adolescents. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:6273. [PMID: 37444120 PMCID: PMC10341207 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20136273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Despite a large amount of research having been done to examine and promote physical activity and health among adolescents and children, relatively little attention has been paid attention to underrepresented populations. In this study, we investigated the relationships between expectancy-value motivation and physical activity- and health-related outcomes among a group of at-risk boys at a summer sports camp. The total participants included 107 boys (Mage = 11.78 years, SD = 1.20). The boys' perceived expectancy beliefs (EXP), importance (IMP), interest (INT), usefulness (USE), effort (EFT), and intention for future participation (IFP) were assessed using established questions on a five-point Likert scale, and a PACER test was performed to estimate their cardiovascular fitness (CVF). Through a path analysis, we found that EXP positively predicted CVF (β = 0.19, p < 0.01), IMP positively predicted EFT (β = 0.26, p < 0.01), and INT positively predicted both EFT (β = 0.34, p < 0.01) and IFP (β = 0.28, p < 0.01), while USE had no statistically significant effect on either EFT, IFP, or CVF. We discussed the limitations and implications of the present study. We recommend including a diverse sample and employing the expectancy-value model in future research, and advocating expectancy beliefs and task values, especially importance and interest, among participants during physical activity promotion.
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- Jiling Liu
- Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4243, USA
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Kolovelonis A, Papastergiou M, Samara E, Goudas M. Acute Effects of Exergaming on Students' Executive Functions and Situational Interest in Elementary Physical Education. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:1902. [PMID: 36767269 PMCID: PMC9914954 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20031902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Two studies were conducted to examine the acute effects of exergaming on students' executive functions and to explore their situational interest regarding these games in elementary physical education. The first study involved a two-group, repeated measures, cross-over quasi-experimental design. Participants were 74 (36 boys) fourth- and fifth-grade students who were assigned to the experimental (38 students) and the waiting list control (36 students) group. The single physical education session with exergames was first implemented with the initial experimental group and after the post-test, the waiting list control group received the intervention. In the second study, a pre-test post-test, within-subjects design was involved with the experimental group students (48 fourth- and fifth-grade students, 27 boys) who participated in a booster single physical education session with exergames two months after their involvement in a four-week intervention with cognitively challenging physical activity games. Both studies involved pre- and post-intervention measures for executive functions using the design fluency test and a post-test measure for situational interest. During the acute session, students had to follow the movements of an on-screen dancing character in time to a chosen song of the Just Dance 2015 exergame. The results of the first study showed that experimental group students improved significantly from pre- to post-test their scores in design fluency and in cognitive flexibility and in the total score of the design fluency test and their improvements were higher compared to the waiting list control group. The waiting list control group students, after receiving the acute session with exergames, significantly improved their scores in design fluency, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility and in the total score of the design fluency test compared to their pre-intervention scores. Moreover, the second study showed that students' total score in the design fluency test improved significantly from pre- to post-intervention. In both studies, students reported generally high scores in all subscales of the situational interest questionnaire. These results suggested that an acute exergame-based physical education session attracted students' interest and positively triggered their executive functions.
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Shang C, Moss AC, Chen A. The expectancy-value theory: A meta-analysis of its application in physical education. JOURNAL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCE 2023; 12:52-64. [PMID: 35051641 PMCID: PMC9923428 DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2022.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 11/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of motivating students is to enhance their learning achievement. The expectancy-value theory (EVT) has demonstrated its efficacy in motivating students in classrooms and in gymnasia. Understanding student motivation in physical education is needed. This meta-analysis review aimed to reveal the determinants and functions of EVT by evaluating the evidence in physical education research. METHODS We followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines to identify and meta-analyze the current research literature published from January 2010 to December 2020 by generating and analyzing the effect sizes from the studies. RESULTS A total of 31 studies were included. The results show that social support, motivation of teachers and peers, and positive class climate can predict student EVT motivation. EVT motivation predicts student learning behaviors, situational interests, fitness performance, health behavior function, out-of-school physical activity, and physical skill development. CONCLUSION EVT motivation could facilitate learning behaviors and situational interest development in the gymnasium. It might lead to fitness enhancement, health behavior change, out-of-school physical activity participation, and physical skill development. Fostering a learning environment with a mastery-centered and/or student autonomy approach where students perceived success and the task values can enhance and maximize student EVT motivation and learning achievement.
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- Chaojie Shang
- Department of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA.
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA
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Is Participation in Physical Education Classes Related to Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior? A Systematic Review. J Phys Act Health 2022; 19:786-808. [DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2022-0084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 08/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Background: The aim of this systematic review was to summarize the results and assess the methodological quality of studies that analyzed the relation between physical education participation, physical activity, and sedentary behavior in schoolchildren. Methods: Searches were conducted for original cross-sectional and longitudinal observational studies published in Portuguese, English, and Spanish between January 2007 and August 2020, on the PubMed, Web of Science, Scientific Electronic Library Online, Education Resources Information Center, and Scopus databases. Results: A total of 60 articles (68 independent samples) were included in the revision (58 cross-sectional and 2 longitudinal observational studies). With regard to methodological quality, 27%, 52%, and 21% of the studies were classified as high, moderate, and low methodological quality, respectively. Physical activity was analyzed in 93% of the studies (n = 56) and sedentary behavior in 33% (n = 20). The higher frequency of physical education participation was associated with higher physical activity levels (56 of 68 results – 54/65 cross-sectional and 2/3 longitudinal studies) and less sedentary behavior (14 of 24 results), even after stratifying analyses by type and methodological quality. Conclusion: Physical education class participation may contribute to students being physically more active and less likely to engage in sedentary behavior.
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Lin JB, Zhu SS. The influencing factors of individual interest in physical education based on decision tree model: A cross-sectional study. Front Psychol 2022; 13:1015441. [PMID: 36300076 PMCID: PMC9589482 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1015441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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To identify the key influencing factors and analyze the internal relationship among the factors of individual interest in PE, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of a large sample of Chinese young students based on the decision tree model. A total of 3,640 young students (Mage = 14.16; 7–18 years; SD = 2.66, 47% boys) were investigated by using six questionnaires, including individual interest in physical PE, self-efficacy, achievement goals, expectancy value in PE, PE knowledge and skills and PE learning environment. Results showed there were a total of seven variables entered into the decision tree model, which was 3 layers high, including 38 nodes. The root node was expectancy value which was divided by sports knowledge and skills and self-efficacy. The third layer included mastery-approach goal, family sports environment, performance-avoidance goal and gender. The results depict that expectancy value of PE was the most important influencing factors of adolescent students’ individual interest in PE in this study, and the other important factors were sports knowledge and skills, self-efficacy, mastery-approach goal, family sports environment, performance-avoidance goal, and gender, respectively. The implications for PE are: (1) Improve the status of the PE curriculum and enhance students’ recognition of the value of PE; (2) Strengthen the teaching of knowledge and skills to avoid low-level repetitive teaching; (3) Enhance success experience and foster sports self-efficacy; and (4) Establish reasonable sports goals to foster individual interest in sports learning.
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- Jia Bin Lin
- School of Physical Education, Changchun Normal University, Changchun, China
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- School of Physical Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
- *Correspondence: Shan Shan Zhu,
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Rojo-Ramos J, González-Becerra MJ, Gómez-Paniagua S, Adsuar JC. Satisfaction with Physical Activity among Students in the Last Cycle of Primary Education in Extremadura. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19116702. [PMID: 35682286 PMCID: PMC9180547 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19116702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Satisfaction with physical activity during Physical Education classes leads to improved health and adherence to future healthy lifestyle habits, in addition, higher levels of physical activity have also been widely associated with higher academic achievement in primary school. To find out how satisfied Extremadura students are with the physical activity they perform, a questionnaire was distributed with different items related to positive and negative feelings they may feel during the practice. The differences between the items of the questionnaire and the total median scores according to sex and center location were analyzed and found to be present in all the items that refer to positive feelings. Additionally, the relationship between age and the mean score obtained through the questionnaire was evaluated, without discovering any significant correlations. The results showed that students are generally satisfied with the physical activity they practice in their classes and that this has benefited their academic performance.
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- Jorge Rojo-Ramos
- Health, Economy, Motricity and Education (HEME) Research Group, University of Extremadura, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, 10003 Cáceres, Spain;
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- BioẼrgon Research Group, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain; (M.J.G.-B.); (S.G.-P.)
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- Health, Economy, Motricity and Education (HEME) Research Group, University of Extremadura, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, 10003 Cáceres, Spain;
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Pasco D, Roure C. Situational interest impacts college students' physical activity in a design-based bike exergame. JOURNAL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCE 2022; 11:172-178. [PMID: 33722758 PMCID: PMC9068554 DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2021.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Active videogames or exergames have been used as an innovative way to promote physical activity (PA) among various populations. A player's interest in active videogames is associated with the fun and entertaining nature of the games and may trigger situational interest, thus increasing engagement. The goal of this study was to examine the impact of situational interest dimensions on college students' PA when playing the design-based bike exergame Greedy Rabbit (Vescape, Berlin, Germany). METHODS Sixty undergraduate students (age: 20.8 ± 1.3 years, mean ± SD, 18-25 years old; 51.7% males) were recruited from the kinesiology department of a university located in the southern region of Belgium. The participants were assigned to an experimental group (n = 41) or a control group (n = 19) based on an incremental cycling test. Students in the experimental group engaged in 1 session of Greedy Rabbit (Vescape) while students in the control group engaged in 1 session of a placebo version of Greedy Rabbit (Vescape). The length of the sessions ranged from 24 min to 31 min. RESULTS Results for the control group indicated that the players' PA metrics (cadence: F(19, 360) = 1.43, p = 0.11; heart rate: F(19, 360) = 1.16, p = 0.29; oxygen consumption: F(19, 360) = 0.83, p = 0.67) were stable during the exergame. Results for the experimental group demonstrated the effects of time on the players' PA metrics and revealed significant associations between the change in the players' situational interest dimensions and PA metrics (cadence: F(19, 800) = 26.30, p < 0.01; heart rate: F(19, 800) = 19.77, p < 0.01; oxygen consumption: F(19, 800) = 10.04, p < 0.01). CONCLUSION An approach using a design-based exergame may be a relevant strategy for promoting levels of PA that yields positive health-related outcomes among college students.
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- Denis Pasco
- School of Education, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon 25000, France.
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- Teaching and Research Unit in Physical Education and Sport, University of Teacher Education, Lausanne 1014, Switzerland
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Analysis of the Motivation of Students of the Last Cycle of Primary School in the Subject of Physical Education. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19031332. [PMID: 35162357 PMCID: PMC8834724 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19031332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Motivation is the impulse that leads people to perform certain actions and persist in them to achieve certain objectives. Motivation is important in all areas of life and has a very important role in academics, where it can be considered essential for learning motor skills and performance. In this study, we intended to evaluate motivation in the Physical Education classroom among students in the last grade of elementary school. For this purpose, a total of 545 students aged between 9 and 13 years were selected to take the CMEF-EP questionnaire through a tablet and by means of the Google Forms application. The different relationships between items and dimensions were analyzed using the Mann–Whitney U test. A Spearman’s test was used to explore the relationship between dimensions and age. The results showed that the predominant motivation in the classroom is intrinsic motivation and that demotivation is practically nonexistent. In addition, it was found that there are differences between the genders in some of the categories and that there are no differences in the location of the study center. Therefore, it can be said that it is essential to generate a motivational climate based on the subject and his or her interests in order to favor intrinsic motivation.
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Zhang T, Wang Y, Yli-Piipari S, Chen A. Power of the Curriculum: Content, Context, and Learning in Physical Education. RESEARCH QUARTERLY FOR EXERCISE AND SPORT 2021; 92:689-700. [PMID: 32809921 PMCID: PMC7889760 DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2020.1768202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Purpose: It is argued that the constructivist physical education has the potential to overcome socioeconomic (SES) constraints and promote learning. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which school SES-related class environmental factors influenced student learning in a constructivist physical education context. Methods: Students in 8th grade (N = 1,256) from 10 middle schools with varied SES were tested on exercise knowledge before and after a constructivist physical education intervention. School SES was determined using free and reduced meal ratio (FARM) and physical education related factors. Data on lesson frequency, length, facilities, equipment, and class size were collected from teachers. Results: Hierarchical linear model analyses reveal that SES is not predictive of intervention induced learning (γ = 0.73, t =.91, p =.37). Lesson frequency (γ 02 =.52, t =.31, p =.06), length (γ 03 = -.03, t = -1.82, p =.07), facilities (γ 04 = -.11, t = -.49, p =.63), equipment (γ 05 = -.36, t = -1.36, p =.18), and class size (γ 06 = -.05, t = -1.36, p =.18) are not predictive of learning. Student prior knowledge (γ = -.59, t = -18.37, p <.001) and teacher factor (γ =.04, t = 3.72, p <.001) are predictive of learning. Conclusion: The findings suggest that school SES's detrimental impact on learning in physical education could be overcome by the power of a constructivist curriculum.
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- University of North Carolina Greensboro
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Gemäßigt konstruktivistische Prozessmerkmale fächerübergreifenden Unterrichts im Fächerverbund Sport und Biologie. GERMAN JOURNAL OF EXERCISE AND SPORT RESEARCH 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12662-021-00769-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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ZusammenfassungSportunterricht wird in vielen konzeptionell-reflektorischen Arbeiten als ein ergiebiger Partner für fächerübergreifende Unterrichtsmaßnahmen gesehen. Ein solch mehrperspektivisch orientierter Sportunterricht bietet im Hinblick auf den sportpädagogischen Diskurs eine Möglichkeit, kognitive Aktivität im Schulsport zu implementieren und die Relevanz des Faches zu erhöhen. Dennoch zeigt sich ein Evaluationsdefizit eines solchen Unterrichts. Die vorliegende Studie wirkt diesem Defizit entgegen und setzt sich zunächst mit strukturellen Merkmalen eines fächerübergreifenden Unterrichts auseinander. Da sowohl das Konstrukt der kognitiven Aktivierung als auch der fächerübergreifende Unterricht eine Nähe zum Konstruktivismus offenbaren, soll in der vorliegenden Studie untersucht werden, inwiefern sich ein fächerübergreifender Unterricht in den konstruktivistischen Prozessmerkmalen (situativ, aktiv, konstruktiv) vom Fachunterricht unterscheidet. Dafür nahmen insgesamt N = 75 Schüler*innen (15,2 Jahre) aus vier Kursen des Sekundarbereichs an einer fächerübergreifenden Unterrichtseinheit im Fächerverbund Sport und Biologie teil. Zur Evaluation der konstruktivistischen Prozessmerkmale wurde der Kurzfragebogen nach Basten et al. eingesetzt, der für den fächerübergreifenden Unterricht sowie für den Sport- und Biologieunterricht bewertet wurde. Messwiederholte Varianzanalysen zeigten signifikante Unterschiede zwischen den fächerübergreifenden Unterrichtseinheiten und dem Biologieunterricht in allen drei Subskalen. Der Sportunterricht unterschied sich lediglich in der Subskala „situativ“ von den Unterrichtseinheiten. Der Einfluss des subjektiven Vorwissens auf die Bewertung der fächerübergreifenden Unterrichtseinheiten konnte nur für die Subskala „konstruktiv“ festgestellt werden. Schüler*innen mit viel Vorwissen bewerteten diese im fächerübergreifenden Zusammenhang signifikant höher. Die Studie stützt damit die bereits theoretisch angenommene höhere Ausprägung der prozessbezogenen Merkmale des gemäßigten Konstruktivismus in fächerübergreifenden Unterrichtseinheiten im Vergleich zum Biologieunterricht. Zudem wird die Sonderstellung des Faches Sport deutlich, die in weiteren Studien untersucht werden sollte.
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Zhang X, Gu X, Chen S, Keller MJ, Lee J. The Roles of Sex and Minority Status in Children's Motivation and Psychomotor Learning. Percept Mot Skills 2021; 128:2849-2866. [PMID: 34514897 DOI: 10.1177/00315125211046446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In this study, we had two inter-related goals: (a) to examine sex and minority status differences on children's motivation for physical education (PE; i.e., their expectancy beliefs, subjective task values, and situational interest) and their psychomotor learning outcomes (i.e., motor competence, cardiorespiratory fitness, and in-class physical activity); and (b) to examine the relationships between children's motivation and their psychomotor learning outcomes while testing the moderation effects of sex and minority status. We recruited 195 fourth and fifth-grade students (101 boys; 94 girls; Mage = 10.7, SD = 0.7 years) from three elementary schools in North Texas. Using multivariate analysis of variance, we identified a significant sex difference that favored boys in motivation and psychomotor learning outcomes, with no significant minority status difference in relation to these variables. Regression analysis revealed that children's expectancy beliefs were significantly associated with both motor competence (R2 = 11%) and cardiorespiratory fitness (R2 = 16%), while both situational interest and sex were associated with in-class physical activity (R2 = 18%). Thus, improving children's expectancy beliefs may be a means of enhancing psychomotor learning outcomes in PE, especially for girls. Enhancing children's beliefs in their own ability and offering diversified PE content so as to generate greater interest may facilitate psychomotor learning.
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- Xiaoxia Zhang
- Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, 12329The University of Texas at Arlington, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States
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- School of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States
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- Independent Researcher, Richardson, Texas, United States
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Chen S, Sun H, Zhu X, Chen A, Ennis Posthumous CD. Learners' motivational response to the Science, PE, & Me! curriculum: A situational interest perspective. JOURNAL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCE 2021; 10:243-251. [PMID: 33742604 PMCID: PMC7987648 DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2019.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2018] [Revised: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Science, PE, & Me! (SPEM) curriculum is a concept-based physical education curriculum that offers students coherent educational experiences for constructing health-related fitness knowledge through movement experiences. The purpose of this study was to evaluate students' motivational response to the SPEM curriculum from the situational interest perspective. METHODS The study used a cluster randomized controlled design in which 30 elementary schools in one of the largest metropolitan areas in the eastern United States were randomly assigned to an experimental or comparison condition. Although all students in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades in the targeted schools were eligible to participate in the study, a random sample of students from the experimental (n = 1749; 15 schools) and comparison groups (n = 1985; 15 schools) provided data. Students' motivational response to the SPEM curriculum or comparison curriculum was measured using the previously validated Situational Interest Scale-Elementary. Data were analyzed using structural mean modeling. RESULTS The results demonstrated that the experimental group (as reference group) showed significantly higher enjoyment (z = -2.01), challenge (z = -6.54), exploration (z = -12.195), novelty (z = -8.80), and attention demand (z = -7.90) than the comparison group. CONCLUSION The findings indicate that the SPEM curriculum created a more situationally interesting context for learning than the comparison physical education curriculum.
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- Senlin Chen
- School of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
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- Department of Teaching and Learning, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
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- Department of Human Movement Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA
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Wang Y, Chen A. Effects of a Concept-Based Physical Education on Middle School Students' Knowledge, Motivation, and Out-of-School Physical Activity. JOURNAL OF TEACHING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION : JTPE 2020; 39:407-414. [PMID: 32855580 PMCID: PMC7447199 DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.2019-0067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to determine the extent to which a concept-based physical education curriculum, specifically the Science of Healthful Living (SHL) curriculum, influenced middle school students' knowledge, motivation for physical education (PE) and physical activity (PA), and out-of-school PA. METHODS A static group comparison design was adopted to analyze the differences on fitness knowledge, autonomous motivation for PE and PA, and out-of-school PA between eighth-grade students who studied the SHL curriculum (the experimental condition, n = 168) and their peers who studied a multiactivity PE (the control condition, n = 226) 1 year earlier. RESULTS The students who studied the SHL curriculum demonstrated significantly higher levels of knowledge (p < .05, Cohen d = 0.81), autonomous motivation toward PA (p < .05, Cohen d = 0.20), and out-of-school PA (p < .05, Mann-Whitney U effect size = 0.01) than students who had experienced the multiactivity PE. The students in both conditions were equally motivated in their respective PE courses. CONCLUSION The SHL curriculum is effective in promoting students' PA behavior outside of the school.
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- Yubing Wang
- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
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- University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
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Roure C, Pasco D, Benoît N, Deldicque L. Impact of a Design-Based Bike Exergame on Young Adults' Physical Activity Metrics and Situational Interest. RESEARCH QUARTERLY FOR EXERCISE AND SPORT 2020; 91:309-315. [PMID: 31718499 DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2019.1665621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Purpose: Despite the benefits of commercial exergames, in the practical application, players might not be spending sufficient time in physical activity levels compatible with health outcomes. We adopted a design-based exergame approach to build a bike exergame called Greedy Rabbit. The purpose of this study was to identify the impact of Greedy Rabbit on players' physical activity metrics and situational interest. Method: Sixty undergraduate students were assigned to two groups: an experimental group playing Greedy Rabbit (N = 41) and a control group playing a placebo version of Greedy Rabbit (N = 19). The physical activity metrics measured were maximum oxygen consumption, heart rate and cadence. Results: The experimental group reported higher scores for all physical activity metrics and for two dimensions of situational interest (instant enjoyment and attention demand). Furthermore, the physical activity metrics increased more during the exergame for the experimental group, reaching the standard guidelines for vigorous physical activity. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that a design-based bike exergame might be a good option to enhance players' health-related physical activity outcomes and situational interest.
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Wang Y, Chen A. Two Pathways Underlying the Effects of Physical Education on Out-of-School Physical Activity. RESEARCH QUARTERLY FOR EXERCISE AND SPORT 2020; 91:197-208. [PMID: 31647376 PMCID: PMC9121898 DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2019.1656325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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One primary goal of physical education (PE) is to promote students' lifelong physical activity (PA). This goal implies that PE should not only improve students' PA in PE classes but also promote their PA outside of the school known as the "PE effect." Purpose: In this study, we proposed a two-pathway model of the "PE effect" and hypothesized that learning in PE and positive motivational experience in PE are two possible pathways through which the "PE effect" emerges. We tested the tenability of this two-pathway model from the perspective of knowledge learning and autonomous motivation in PE. Methods: A total of 394 eighth-grade students from five schools provided data on PA knowledge, out-of-school PA, and autonomous motivation toward PE and PA. Structural equation modeling was used to test the two-pathway model. Results: Results showed that the students' knowledge had a direct effect (β = .18, p < .05) on their autonomous motivation for PA and an indirect effect (β = .02, p < .05) on out-of-school PA through influencing autonomous motivation toward PA. Students' autonomous motivation for PE had a direct effect (β = .41, p < .05) on their autonomous motivation toward PA and an indirect effect (β = .04, p < .05) on out-of-school PA through autonomous motivation toward PA. Conclusion: These results indicate that the two-pathway model is tenable in terms of knowledge learning and autonomous motivation in PE and imply that teaching knowledge in an autonomy-supportive PE environment may be an effective way to promote students' out-of-school PA.
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- University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
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Ting J, Chien KP, Dhir A, Chen S. Sports interest mediating exercise and compulsive internet use among undergraduates. Health Promot Int 2019; 34:953-960. [PMID: 30016432 DOI: 10.1093/heapro/day046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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With the massive growth in Internet technologies, people have become wary of excessive Internet usage, known as compulsive Internet usage or Internet addiction. This study looks into how exercise is related to compulsive Internet usage. Previous research showed varying results regarding the relationship between sports habit and Internet usage; this project clarifies the relationship by investigating mediating variables in terms of interest in different aspects of sports, such as physical education, mastering sport skills, sports participation, and watching sports. Two survey studies were conducted. The participants were 232 male and 107 female Taiwanese undergraduate students in the first survey, totaling 339 students. The second survey had 233 males, 98 female students, and 2 who did not disclose their gender, with a final total of 333. The results reveal that interest in physical education (IPE) mediates sports habit and compulsive Internet usage. As long as the student had a habit of doing sports that increased IPE, this would in turn decrease compulsive Internet use. The importance of igniting students' IPE is discussed.
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- J Ting
- Graduate Institute of Digital Learning and Education
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- Department of Athletics, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 43, Section 4, Keelung Road, Taipei, Taiwan 106, Republic of China
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- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University, A243, Konemiehentie 2, Espoo, Finland.,Optentia Research Focus Area, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
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- Graduate Institute of Digital Learning and Education.,Optentia Research Focus Area, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
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Roure C, Lentillon-Kaestner V, Méard J, Pasco D. Universality and Uniqueness of Students' Situational Interest in Physical Education: A Comparative Study. Psychol Belg 2019; 59:1-15. [PMID: 31328007 PMCID: PMC6625538 DOI: 10.5334/pb.446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Situational interest (SI) has been conceptualized in physical education (PE) as a multidimensional construct including five dimensions: instant enjoyment, exploration intention, attention demand, novelty and challenge. Consistent with Ding, Sun and Chen (2013), who argued for the need 'to develop cross-culture models to examine the universality of the motivation constructs', the purpose of this study was to investigate the universality and uniqueness of students' SI by comparing three French-speaking PE contexts. Participants were 1812 secondary school students from Belgium, France, and Switzerland. They responded to the French 15-item SI scale and the Total Interest scale (Roure, Pasco & Kermarrec, 2016) after practicing learning tasks in regular PE lessons. The relationships between the SI dimensions and total interest were compared between the three samples using correlation and regression analyses. A multivariate analysis of variance was also used to compare SI scores between the contexts. The results revealed that instant enjoyment and exploration intention were the two major motivating dimensions, highlighting the universality of students' SI, whereas challenge and novelty revealed the uniqueness of this construct explored.
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- Cédric Roure
- Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, BE
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- University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, FR
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Chen S, Zhu X, Androzzi J, Nam YH. Evaluation of a concept-based physical education unit for energy balance education. JOURNAL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCE 2018; 7:353-362. [PMID: 30356610 PMCID: PMC6189271 DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2016.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Revised: 04/03/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Physical education (PE) is a key channel that impacts children's decisions and behaviors for healthful living. This study evaluated the effects of a concept-based PE (CBPE) instructional unit, featured by energy balance (EB) education, on students' knowledge learning, situational interest, cognitive, and physical engagements as well as teachers' perceptions. METHODS Fourth and 5th grade students (n = 468) in a mid-western state of the United States were recruited as the participants. Four elementary schools were randomized to the CBPE or control groups. Students' EB knowledge, situational interest, cognitive engagement, and physical engagement were measured by a knowledge test, the Situational Interest Scale-Elementary, written task sheets, and accelerometers, respectively, while teachers' perceptions of the CBPE unit were captured by individual interviews at the end of the experiment. RESULTS The CBPE group showed a significant increase in EB knowledge, while the control did not. Both groups showed a similar increasing trend for situational interest over time, although the statistical results favored the control group. For physical engagement, the CBPE group demonstrated a statistically different but substantively similar level of in-class physical activity compared to the control group. The CBPE group also showed a moderate level of cognitive engagement throughout the unit. The PE teachers reported overall positive perceptions about teaching the CBPE unit. CONCLUSION These results support the utility of the CBPE unit in enhancing EB education along with facilitating positive student interest and engagement as well as positive teaching experiences.
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- Senlin Chen
- Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Human Movement Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
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- Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Sport, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV 25443, USA
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- School of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639, USA
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Mercier K, Donovan C, Gibbone A, Rozga K. Three-Year Study of Students' Attitudes Toward Physical Education: Grades 4-8. RESEARCH QUARTERLY FOR EXERCISE AND SPORT 2017; 88:307-315. [PMID: 28661718 DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2017.1339862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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PURPOSE A relationship exists between attitudes toward physical education and future physical activity. The purpose of this study was to examine changes in attitude toward physical education as students progressed from upper elementary school (Grade 4) through middle school (Grade 8). METHOD Three cohorts of students (Cohort 1, Grades 4-6, n = 96; Cohort 2, Grades 5-7, n = 71; and Cohort 3, Grades 6-8, n = 73) were each followed for 3 years to examine changes in attitudes toward physical education. RESULTS After an initial increase from Grade 4 to Grade 5, a significant decrease was observed from Grades 5 to 8 in students' positive attitudes toward physical education, with a faster rate of change for girls than boys. CONCLUSION This longitudinal study provides further insights regarding the attitudes of students as they progress from Grade 4 to Grade 8 and expands on previous findings identifying decreasing positive attitudes toward physical education as students age, particularly for girls. The results provide evidence to support targeted interventions.
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