AN EXAMINATION OF TURKISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARD PHYSICAL EDUCATION WITH REGARD TO GENDER AND GRADE LEVEL

• Egile Nagusiak: Erturan Ilker G. (Egilea), Arslan Y. (Egilea), Demirhan G. (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: ALTIUS ACADEMY Foundation - Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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The purpose of this study was to determine gender and grade differences in Turkish high school students' attitudestoward physical education. Participants consisted of 1604 (807 girls and 797 boys) voluntary 9, 10 and 11th grade (6169th graders, 534 10th graders and 454 11th graders) students (X Age=15.67±1.19) attending three public high schools incentral Ankara in Turkey. Attitudes toward Physical Education and Sport Scale which was developed by Demirhan andAltay (13) was used. The Attitudes toward Physical Education and Sport Scale was administered to high school studentsby first author in 2008-2009 spring semester. Independent Samples t- test was employed to investigate genderdifferences and ANOVA was employed to investigate grade level differences on The Attitudes toward PhysicalEducation and Sport Scale total score. The findings showed that the Turkish high school students' attitudes towardphysical education were neutral and it did not change according to gender and grade level. Students experience positivecognitive and affective outcomes as a result of their participation to physical education classes. To ensure children aremotivated to participate in physical education, physical education teachers should obtain opportunities for all students toexperienced achievement regardless of their talent.

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