Children’s motivation in elementary physical education: An expectancy-value model of achievement choice

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-35

  Xiang, Ping ^a   McBride, Ron ^a   Guan, Jianmin ^a   Solmon, Melinda ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectancy beliefs; Grade differences; Subjective task values

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SOCIAL VALUES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038305507     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2003.10609061     Document Type: Article

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