Keywords
high school sports, high school students, organized sports, college aged
Abstract
National standards for physical education (PE) encompass five principles for the purpose of defining what high school students should recognize and be able to perform as a result of a quality PE program. The expectation is that youth will develop as active healthy lifestyle into adulthood from activities and skills taught in PE. Researchers from the United Kingdom and the United States have identified team sports as the primary curricular design in high school P.E. However, it has been suggested the use of team sports is not as effective way to encourage students to be physically active throughout their lives. Participants for this study were 1,034 college-aged students from a private university located in the western United States. Responses from the questionnaire (Questions 9, 12, and 14) indicated a significant difference at the p
Original Publication Citation
Barney, D., Pleban, F., Wilkinson, C., & Prusak, K. (2015). Identifying high school physical education on physical activity after high school. The Physical Educator, 72, (2), 278-293.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Barney, David; Pleban, Francis Dr.; Wilkinson, Carol; and Prusak, Keven A., "Identifying High School Physical Education Physical Activity Patterns After High School" (2015). Faculty Publications. 3027.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/3027
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2015-3
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/5841
Publisher
The Physical Educator
Language
English
College
David O. McKay School of Education
Department
Educational Inquiry, Measurement, and Evaluation