Although much has been discovered about relations between self-efficacy and academic achievement, questions remain links the structure of learning tasks, changes in students' as students engage with a single, complex authentic task. Students' for (SEL) performance (SEP) was tracked they worked on well- ill-structured tasks during their regular class. Students reported higher SEL SEP well-structured Moderate achievers significantly more difficulty stable than SEL, especially early phases both...

School tasks interact with student motivation, cognition, and instruction to influence learning achievement. Heeding calls for additional research linking motivational cognitive factors in on specific within authentic classroom settings we quantitatively qualitatively track 90 tenth‐grade science students' reported use of strategies, achievement, calibration, task perceptions as they engage a well‐structured (WST) an ill‐structured (IST). Students achieved higher grades on, more ease value...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact an 8-week after-school intramural program that adopted a Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) approach facilitate development elementary-school-aged children physical literacy. Methods: Using Physical and Health Education Canada's Passport Life tool, 22 participants took part in battery assessments consistent with characteristics These measures were (a) active participation, (b) living skills, (c) fitness (d) movement...

Students with differing profiles of epistemological beliefs—their beliefs about personal epistemology, intelligence, and learning—vary in thinking, reasoning, motivation, use strategies while working on academic tasks, each which affect learning. This study examined students' according to gender, school orientation, overall achievement, performance two differently structured tasks. Epistemological fixed quick ability learn, simple knowledge, certain knowledge differed significantly as a...

This study uncovers the predictive relationship of middle school students’ ability beliefs (self-efficacy and expectancy-related beliefs) incentives (outcome expectancy, importance, interest, usefulness) to intention, cardiovascular fitness, teacher-rated effort in physical education. Participants ( N = 252; 118 boys, 134 girls) completed questionnaires assessing their beliefs, incentives, intention for future participation education, then had fitness assessed with Progressive Aerobic...

Physical and Health Education Canada has developed implemented a formative, criterion-referenced, practitioner-based national (Canadian) online educational assessment support resource called Passport for Life (PFL). It was to the awareness advancement of physical literacy among PE students teachers. PFL consists three assessments each four components (active participation, fitness, movement, living skills). The aim this study uncover initial validation evidence its current uses using five...

This case study served to investigate six adolescent girls', who were identified as disengaged in physical education (PE), feelings about their experiences a Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) unit and how TGfU might support engagement PE. A two-week (6-lesson) territorial games was taught by guest instructor. Data collected from observational field notes, focus group interviews (pre-and post-unit), individual (post-unit). The whole child approach – understanding the physical,...

Several studies have reported declining student enrolment rates in optional physical education. This study—incorporating constructs from social cognitive, self-determination, and body image theory—investigated factors that might be influential to this trend. Surveys were administered 227 tenth-grade students five schools one school district of Ontario, Canada. MANOVA results revealed a significant main effect difference variables by gender enrollment group but not the interaction. Enrollees...

Female enthusiasm toward engaging in physical education decreases significantly with age. This has been linked to, among other things, the negative emotional experiences that sometimes occur when learning and participating a variety of curricular content such as games or fitness activities. Little is yet known about how females' enjoyment, state anxiety, social physique self-efficacy, causal attributions vary between content. In this study, we examined levels these constructs differed soccer...

(2009). Fostering Critical Thinking in Physical Education Students. Journal of Education, Recreation & Dance: Vol. 80, No. 8, pp. 12-18.

Background: Noteworthy proportions of adolescents – particularly females report negatively about their experiences regarding fitness and the testing it during physical education (PE). These accounts often coincide with lower levels body image, fitness, motivation, activity higher rates attrition from optional PE.Purpose: The aim this study was to test path relations between size dissatisfaction (BSD), anxiety (TA), self-efficacy, fitness-related outcomes in PE determine whether these differ...

Increasing dropout rates in senior high school physical education, particularly among females, and unhealthy activity obesity levels youth have led to recommendations assess potential contributing factors education participation. Drawing from gender, body image, social-cognitive theory, this study investigated relations between size discrepancy, self-efficacy, test anxiety, achievement 316 students. Gender differences were noted discrepancy (females reported the desire a smaller body)....

Trait personality has been associated with achievement and many of its related outcomes in settings such as education, health, physical activity sport. Scant trait research performed among school-age students so this study investigates relations between the six-dimension (HEXACO) model anxiety, self-efficacy intentions to exercise a function gender 316 high school education students. Students completed validated measures these constructs. Results revealed that (particularly social...

The academic advantages of knowledge are often compromised when learners and teachers hold counterproductive epistemic beliefs, that is, personal convictions about the nature knowing. This study was an investigation associations between prospective physical educators' game-specific beliefs (worldviews in simple stable need for cognition) their preferred instructional model (Direct, Teaching Games Understanding, or Sport Education) teaching games education. Following theoretical applied...

The assessment of physical literacy is vital and challenging for researchers practitioners. Passport Life a Canadian global practitioner-based, formative, criterion-referenced that recorded in an online program. Students complete eight assessments divided across four broad categories (active participation, fitness, movement, living skills). This study endeavor to uncover initial validation feasibility evidence the proposed use with Grade 10–12 education students from various regions Canada....

School recess scholars have called for more research into collective relations between social, personal, and physical factors on students’ engagement enjoyment of recess. Overall by gender, this study serves to investigate a proposed model among 355 elementary school students from victimization through peer belonging, positive affect, activity. Consenting completed an online survey, structural equation modeling (overall in boys girls) revealed excellent fit the data (comparative index [CFI]...

Purpose : To examine the experiences of a cohort health and physical education teachers consultants who were learning to become instructional coaches. Methods Three surveys three focus groups administered 14 participants over 9 months consider their Concepts from expectancy-value theory guided analyses both quantitative qualitative data. Results Participants reported positive Understanding importance-utility value increased significantly between administration initial end surveys. Focus...

Various combinations or dimensions of personality traits are associated with achievement and its related behaviours in a host domains including academia, physical activity, sport. Little is yet known about how these trait relate to vital outcomes such as enjoyment effort school-age education students. The primary intent this study was test proposed path model wherein indirectly through by gender 316 students 9th 10th-grade education. Secondary objectives were assess gender-specific levels...