College students perception on physical education classes during their high school days

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 69-76

  Omar Fauzee, Mohd Sofian ^a   Jamalis, Marjohan ^a   Yusof, Aminuddin ^a   Zarina, M ^a   Omar Dev, Roxana Dev ^a   Padli, Hassan M Y ^b   Norazemi, A G ^b   Junaidi, A R ^b   Dewi, Ani Maslina ^c   Latif, Rozita Abd ^c   Johar, Mastura ^d   Nasaruddin, Mohd Nizam ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^d Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

College students; Gender; Perceptions; Physical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349100118     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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