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Boys' perceptions of physical education and physical activity in the eleven-to-thirteen age group

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posted on 2017-10-31, 11:03 authored by Melvin E. Palmer
The purpose of the study was to investigate boys’ attitudes towards physical activity and physical education; to identify their likes and dislikes and to examine the influences affecting boys perceptions of physical education; highlighting differences between two academically different ability sets. It became evident that the development of a realistic questionnaire was necessary to collect accurate information from children with relatively low intellect. This resulted in the creation of the "Brainteaser Questionnaire" which became a large area of concern within the thesis. The data were collected over a period of 12 months from 120 boys aged between 11 and 13 years who attended a South Yorkshire Comprehensive School. [Continues.]

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  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

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© Melvin Ernest Palmer

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 2.5 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/

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1994

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A Master's Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Master of Philosophy at Loughborough University.

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  • en

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