Middle School Students' Attitudes Toward a Physical Education Program

The purpose of this study was to examine middle school students' attitude toward a physical education program and to determine the various aspects of the program that appear to contribute to positive and negative attitudes towards middle school physical education. Students (N=348) from one middle school located in a mid-Atlantic state completed a survey regarding their attitudes toward physical education. All responses were categorized using a critical incident technique. Results indicate that positive attitudes towards physical education decline between grades six and eight. This trend was more apparent for females than for males. Major categories associated with positive and negative attitudes towards physical education include curriculum content, class atmosphere, teacher behavior, dressing out, and self-perception.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Curriculum and Instruction

Department dc:contributor.department

Teaching and Learning

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1999

Author dc:creator

• Krouscas, James A. Jr.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Graham, George M.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Singh, Kusum
• Stremmel, Andrew J.
• Poole, Jon R.
• Gatewood, Thomas E.

• middle school
• attitudes
• adolescence
• physical education

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-052099-171214

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/27822