Fourth-grade students’ motivational changes in an elementary physical education running program

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-207

  Xiang, Ping ^a   McBride, Ron E ^a   Bruene, April ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Children; Expectancy value theory; Running motivation

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RUNNING; STUDENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RUNNING; STUDENTS;

EID: 33746623317     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2006.10599354     Document Type: Article

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