American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance - AAHPERD

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance - AAHPERDDonate
Now
SUBSCRIPTIONS

Want to view full articles from JOPERD? Become a subscriber, by checking out JOPERD's subscription information.

Already a JOPERD subscriber? View your journals.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
Email this page Email Print this pagePrint

Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance


Issue: September 2010

  Unlocking the Power of  Situational Interest in Physical Education
  Prithwi Raj Subramaniam

Abstract: Situational  interest plays an important role in student engagement and learning, and it can  be used to motivate disengaged students in physical education. Situational  interest is evoked through the manipulation or modification of the learning  environment, learning climate, task presentation, or structure of the learning  experiences. An interesting learning environment has the potential to influence  individual interest. The purpose of this article is to highlight the importance  of situational interest and provide practical suggestions for evoking  situational interest in physical education.

Article category: Teaching