Hakan Ta?|?rmak Hürmeriç Altunsöz
Evaluation of Physical Literacy in Secondary School Students
Middle East Technical University|Middle East Technical University
purposes study determine physical literacy secondary school students b investigate whether interrelationships among subdomains physical literacy physical domain psychological domain behavioral domain secondary school students c identify whether gender grade difference exists physical literacy secondary school students participants sixth seventhgrade students 76 boys 82 girls three urban public schools ankara data collection physical literacy assessment youth play instrument developed canada used evaluate students physical literacy play instrument contains playfun evaluate physical domain motor competence students playself evaluate psychological domain physical literacy playinventory evaluate behavioral domain physical literacy data analysis pearson correlation utilized investigate relationship instruments independent ttest run determine whether gender grade difference exists findings explained three separate categories first result psychological domain playself indicated students 291 points psychological domain scores consist two parts environmental participation score 234 points b selfefficacy score 320 points students generally indicated good outdoor activities x 322 sd 093 never tried good activities performed ice snow x 116 sd 116 behavioral domain playinventory findings indicated students generally participated swimming football roller skating bicycle volleyball running walking basketball physical domain playfun findings indicated overall motor competence score students 3796 means placed emerging level result pearson correlation indicated statistically significant correlation average psychological domain score behavioral domain score r 156 392 r lt 05 furthermore independent ttest result indicated grade difference students however statistically significant difference physical domain mean score boys x 4063 sd 742 girls x 3549 sd 613 156 476 r lt 05 r 2 13 conclusion students higher scores psychological domain hand lower scores physical domain addition students sixth seventh grades meet physical education sports curriculum objectives motor competence test research sample size increased studies conducted examine physical literacy students different grades schools cities