Article Title：Effect of Dance Aerobic Programs on Intrinsic Motivation and Perceived Task Climate in Secondary School Students
Abstract：
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of a dance aerobic intervention program on intrinsic motivation and perceived motivation climate in 7th grade middle school students. The sample of the study consisted of 160 healthy students, of the first grade of middle school. Of these, 91 students was the experimental group and the remaining 69 was the control. The experimental group followed an aerobic dance intervention program for ten weeks, three times per week, with 45-minute sessions while the control group only followed the typical physical education program of the school. In order to conduct the study the following instruments were used: a) the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI - McAuley, Duncan & Tammen, 1989) and the Perceived Oriented Climate (LAPOPECQ; Papaioannou, 1998).
Keywords: enjoyment; task involving climate; aerobic dance program; seventh grade students; teaching
DOI: 10.29333/iji.2019.12141a
Source：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INSTRUCTION
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