Student Activity Levels, Lesson Context, and Teacher Behavior during Middle School Physical Education
- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
- Vol. 71 (3), 249-259
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2000.10608905
Abstract
There is little research on students' engagement in physical activity in middle school physical education (PE). We observed student activity, lesson context, and teacher behavior in 430 PE lessons taught by 126 teachers in 24 schools. Variables were analyzed by mixed-model nested analyses of covariance. Boys were more active than girls overall and during skill drills, game play, and free play. Student activity varied by lesson context, with fitness activities producing the most activity. Class size was negatively associated with student activity. Daily PE contributed a weekly total of 25 min of vigorous activity and 83 min of moderate-to-vigorous activity—much less than national objectives. Results suggest that numerous opportunities exist for increasing student physical activity during middle school PE.Keywords
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