Motivational goals orientation in Physical Education classes of elementary education

• Published in: Journal of Physical Education and Sport Vol. 15; no. 2; p. 167
• Main Authors: Da Costa, Carlos Eduardo, Hirota, Vinicius Barroso, De Marco, Ademir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pitesti Universitatea din Pitesti 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Achievement Need; Auditing procedures; Elementary Education; Elementary Schools; Environment; Environmental Influences; Expectation; Goal Orientation; Guidelines; Learning; Motivation; Physical Education; Physical education teachers; Portuguese; Psychological aspects; Secondary school students; Self Concept; Success; Brazil
• ISSN: 2247-8051; 2247-806X
• DOI: 10.7752/jpes.2015.02026

This study was designed to test the performance of TEOSQ instrument in school physical education classes of elementary level II, allowing evaluating the motivational orientations of students; through a descriptive study, researchers replicated the scale in 248 students age between 10 and 16 years of both genders (n: 248, age average 12.74±1.50 years), selected by drawing lots by region, in 5 public schools in the city of Campinas-Sao Paulo, Brazil. The instrument remained stable, with Alpha of 0.69, average of 2.35 (±1.13) for ego goal and Alpha 0.70, average of 4.08 (±1.16) to target task orientation, demonstrating that these students believe in their own efforts are more persistent, know their own limits, and are willing to be confronted with new learning, motivating them to attend classes, so concluding that the instrument demonstrating reliability in Brazilian's Portuguese language.