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- Title
The Effect of a Female Physical Educator's Physical Appearance on Physical Fitness Knowledge and Attitudes of Junior High Students.
- Authors
Dean, Melony Blair; Adams II, Thomas M.; Comeau, Matthew J.
- Abstract
This study was designed to determine if a female physical educator's appearance of body fatness affects 1) the cognitive performance of junior high school students on a test of health-related fitness knowledge, and 2) student attitudes toward the instructor. Ninety-three seventh through ninth grade students from two schools, participated in a six-week instructional course on health-related fitness knowledge. Instruction was identical with one exception: In one group, the instructor wore an under garment to present an image of an obese physical educator. A pretest--posttest health-related fitness examination was administered to the students. Additionally, student attitudes toward the physical educator were assessed during w[sub 1], w[sub 3], and w[sub 3]. Analysis of covariance revealed a significant group x posttest score interaction, F [sub (1, 88)] = 4.408 p = .039. The student attitude questionnaire (SAQ) sums were analyzed for all participants and detected no significant group x time interaction. However, an SAQ sum score main effect was found to exist, F [sub (2, 75)] = 10.056, p = .000. Paired t-tests found significant differences between all combinations of SAQ mean scores, except for the values of wsub 1] to w[sub 3]. Within group paired t-tests were computed for the SAQ to detect differences independent of group. Analysis revealed significant differences in attitudes occurred between w[sub i] and w[sub 3] and W[sub 1] and w[sub 6], for the control group t (32) = -3.323, p = .002; t (32) = -3.800, p =. 001). Similarly, for the experimental group significant difference occurred between w[sub 1] and w[sub 6], t(44) = -2.5 17, p = .016. Results indicate instructor-physical appearance is related to student performance on a cognitive based health-related fitness test. In contrast, instructor physical appearance does not appear related to student attitude toward the instructor.
- Subjects
WOMEN physical education teachers; HIGH school students; STUDENT attitudes; PHYSICAL fitness; COGNITIVE learning; COGNITIVE ability
- Publication
Physical Educator, 2005, Vol 62, Issue 1, p14
- ISSN
0031-8981
- Publication type
Article