2Mental Health Education Center, Xidian University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China 3Department of Physical Education, Xiamen Institute of Technology, Xiamen, China 4School of Physical Education and Sport, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China †Author for correspondence: Wenjuan Zhang, Mental Health Education Center, Xidian University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710126, China. Tel: +86 029-81891125, Fax: +86 029-818911...

The purpose of this qualitative study was to assess the effectiveness of a disability sport unit in shaping perceptions of disability. Data from interviews, observations, and documents were collected on 87 elementary-aged students, one physical education teacher, and one teaching intern. Comparisons were drawn between fifth graders engaged in a five-week disability sport unit to fourth graders ...

The teaching and learning of games and sport-based activities has historically been the dominant form of the physical education curricula. With an interest in providing to students meaningful and culturally situated sporting experiences, Sport Education is probably the most implemented and researched pedagogical model worldwide. However, although there is considerable evidence that the model as...

This study examined the regular sport participation of Turkish high school students with regard to gender, age and parents’ education. A total 2099 high school students voluntarily participated in this study. The sport indexes of Physical Activity Assessment Questionnaire and a demographic data sheet were administered to the participants. In terms of regular sport participation, approximately h...

This review presents recent research findings regarding self-regulated learning in physical education. First, a brief overview of self-regulated learning is provided focusing on social cognitive models of self-regulation development. Then, research conducted in physical education settings adopting a social cognitive perspective of self-regulated learning is reviewed. Research findings support t...

253 Ding is with Shanghai University of Sport, College of International Studies, Shanghai, China. Sun is with the Department of Physical Education & Exercise Science, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. Chen is with the Department of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC. Impact of Expectancy-Value and Situational Interest Motivation Specificity on Physical...