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Differences in Enjoyment and Need for Cognition Relative to Teaching Games for Understanding, Physical Education, and Intentions to Enroll
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Lodewyk, Ken R.; Robertson, Scott – Physical Educator, 2022
The primary aim of this quasi-experimental study was to investigate differences in enjoyment and need for cognition between regular physical education and a Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) unit by level (higher or lower) of intention to enroll in physical education. A sample of 71 ninth-grade physical education students completed a survey…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 9, Physical Education, Student Participation
The Structure and Function of Selection, Optimization, and Compensation in Middle Adolescence: Theoretical and Applied Implications
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Gestsdottir, Steinunn; Lewin-Bizan, Selva; von Eye, Alexander; Lerner, Jacqueline V.; Lerner, Richard M. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2009
Intentional self-regulation is a core facet of human functioning, involving people's modulation of their thoughts, attention, emotions, and behaviors to react to environmental demands and to influence their own development. Using data from Grades 8, 9, and 10 of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development (PYD), the structure of intentional…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Grade 8, Adolescents, Grade 9