Polevoy, Georgiy Cazan, Florin Padulo, Johnny Ardigò, Luca Paolo
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
The demands of the school day, which includes multiple lessons, require sustained attention from students; this can be challenging, especially for young children. Concentration of attention is a critical cognitive function that impacts learning. This study involved 129 healthy schoolchildren aged 8–10 years (spanning grades 2 and 3) from a regular ...
Huang, Changchang Li, Geng Zhang, Yuantong Aphichaithawon, Nalatporn Deng, Zhile Zhang, Zhihua Zhang, Yihan Ding, Jianjun
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Frontiers in Psychology
Objective This study sought to uncover the relationship between physical education courses integrated with civic education (PECICE) and prosocial behavior among university students. Additionally, we aimed to decipher the mediating roles of cultural confidence and self-esteem within this relationship. Methods Employing a questionnaire-based approach...
Valentini, Nadia Cristina Souza, Priscila Silva de Souza, Mariele Santayana de Nobre, Glauber Carvalho
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Frontiers in Pediatrics
Introduction Physical Activity (PA) is a complex behavior, and the relevance of other factors such as BMI, SES and children’s behavior at school and home still lacks investigation for children, especially those at risk or with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). The objective of this study was to examine whether socioeconomic status (SES), s...
Zach, Sima Shoval, Ella Shulruf, Boaz
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Frontiers in Education
Cooperative learning in physical education classes is perceived as beneficial. The aim of this article was to examine whether field studies that include cooperative learning in their physical education intervention programs provide applicable data—to allow teachers to choose the optimal teaching strategy in line with their teaching goals. A systema...
Zoghlami, Wael Hawani, Aymen Khiari, Hyem Mnedla, Sofiene Marsigliante, Santo Elloumi, Ali Muscella, Antonella
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Frontiers in Psychology
Emotional intelligence (EI) has been recently the main target in research on sports psychology. The objectives of this study were to investigate the relation between self-report measures of emotional intelligence, pre-competitive anxiety, and performance among students during the physical education exam of the high school final year. This cross-sec...
Haug, Ellen Castillo, Isabel Samdal, Oddrun Smith, Otto Robert Frans
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Frontiers in Psychology
Background There is a need to understand better factors influencing participation in physical education (PE) and the mechanisms involved. The adolescent years are characterised by increasing levels of body-related concerns. In PE, the body is judged for its physical abilities and subject to social comparisons and body judgements. Grounded in the Se...
Sanches Neto, Luiz Venâncio, Luciana Corsino, Luciano Nascimento Conceição, Willian Lazaretti da Vieira, Ewerton Leonardo da Silva Barreto, Samara Moura Freire, Elisabete dos Santos Filgueiras, Isabel Porto Garbett, Dawn Ovens, Alan
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Frontiers in Education
Understanding the role teachers must play in fostering social justice is one of many tasks student teachers learn on practicum. This self-study is a collaborative endeavour between eight Brazilian teacher-researchers who work in multiple teaching positions and settings in different regions of the country. Our assumption within the broader research ...
Fu, Allan C L Sanders, Ross H
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Research quarterly for exercise and sport
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of coaching the Australian recommended fundamental overarm throwing skill criteria for less-skilled adolescents on movement competency using three-dimensional (3D) motion analysis. Methods: Less-skilled non-sports-active and skilled sports-active pupils were assigned to FMS Group (n = 97...
Makaruk, Hubert Grants, Juris Bodasińska, Anna Bula-Biteniece, Inta Zieliński, Janusz Dravniece, Irēna Starzak, Marcin Ciekurs, Kalvis Piech, Krzysztof Makaruk, Beata
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Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism
Introduction. Fundamental motor skills (FMS) are a critical component of success in various sports and lifelong physical activity (PA). This study aimed to evaluate and compare the FMS proficiency levels of 7-9-year-old children from Poland and Latvia, providing insights into the current state of motor competence in these populations. Material and ...
Tian, Lijun Shen, Jun
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Frontiers in Psychology
The primary purpose of this study was to conduct the first systematic review on teachers’ interpersonal behaviors and students’ learning within the physical education context. We searched the English literature in the EBSCOhost, Web of Science, SCOPUS and PubMed electronic databases and following screening, data extraction, quality assessment, 35 p...
