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Title: | Physical activity levels in Portuguese high school physical education |
Authors: | Marmeleira, José Aldeias, Nuno Graça, Pedro |
Keywords: | physical education physical activity intrinsic motivation goal orientation |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | Sage |
Citation: | Marmeleira, J., Aldeias, N., & Graça, P. (2012). Physical activity levels in Portuguese high school physical education. European Physical Education Review, 18(2), 191-204. |
Abstract: | The main aim of this study was to evaluate the physical activity (PA) levels of high school
Portuguese students during physical education (PE) and investigate the association of PA levels
with students’ goal orientation and intrinsic motivation. Forty-six students from three high schools
participated. Heart rate telemetry and pedometry were used to assess PA and the Borg rate of
perceived exertion scale was used to measure perceived exertion. Thirty PE lessons were
monitored. The results indicated that high school PE lessons involve low levels of PA. Students
engaged in moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) only in about one-third (29.7 minutes) of the official
PE scheduled time (90 minutes) and perceived exertion as light. In general, students seemed to be
positively motivated toward PE and mainly task goal orientated. Boys felt more enjoyment/interest
and perceived their competence in more positive ways than girls. The number of steps and the rate
of perceived exertion were associated with levels of PA measured by heart rate telemetry. Intrinsic
motivation and goal orientation were not related with MVPA. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/7343 |
Type: | article |
Appears in Collections: | DES - Publicações - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais Com Arbitragem Científica
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