Measuring students' physical activity levels: Validating SOFIT for use with high-school students

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-251

  Rowe, Paul ^a   Van Der Mars, Hans ^b   Schuldheisz, Joel ^c,d   Fox, Susan ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^d Dept of Physical Education   (Canada)

^e Concordia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; High school students; Physical activity measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543047330     PISSN: 02735024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.23.3.235     Document Type: Review

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