A survey of physical education programs and policies in texas schools

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 81, Issue , 2010, Pages S42-S52

  Zhu, Weimo ^a   Boiarskaia, Elena A ^a   Welk, Gregory J ^b   Meredith, Marilu D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cooper Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Resources; Support; Teachers experiences perceptions of fitness testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; TEXAS;

EID: 77956994473     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2010.10599693     Document Type: Article

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