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The Appeal Of And Interest In Nordic Walking In The Opinion Of 9-18-Year-Old Pupils From Selected Tricity Schools, Malgorzata Pogorzelska, Tomasz Frolowicz, Pawel Drobnik, Agnieszka Cybulska, Iwona Bonislawska, Aleksandra Bartosiewicz
The Appeal Of And Interest In Nordic Walking In The Opinion Of 9-18-Year-Old Pupils From Selected Tricity Schools, Malgorzata Pogorzelska, Tomasz Frolowicz, Pawel Drobnik, Agnieszka Cybulska, Iwona Bonislawska, Aleksandra Bartosiewicz
Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity
Background: The purpose of the research was to check opinions of students of various stages of education in the Pomeranian province about the attractiveness of Nordic Walking in comparison with other activities. Material/Methods: About 500 intentionally selected students participated in the survey. These were students of 11-18 years of age. Half of them participated in Nordic walking PE lessons. The researched students’ schools were localized in the Pomeranian province in Poland. Methods of a diagnostic survey using two questionnaires were applied. The first one was used to assess the level of students’ physical activity and was also used to research …
Effects Of Instructor Attractiveness On Classroom Learning, Richard Shane Westfall
Effects Of Instructor Attractiveness On Classroom Learning, Richard Shane Westfall
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Although there have been multiple studies examining the effects of physical attractiveness on a variety of human interactions, one domain has been largely overlooked. The current thesis examined the effect of teacher attractiveness on a learning task. Specifically participants were exposed to a photograph that they believed was their instructor while listening to an audio lecture. Upon completion of the lecture participants then completed a forced choice recognition task covering material from the lecture. I hypothesized that participants would perform significantly better on the learning task when they perceived their instructor to be high in physical attractiveness. Neither the gender …