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Motor competence, perceived physical competence, physical fitness, and physical activity within Finnish children [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate reciprocal relationships among students’ motor competence (MC) (leaping, throwing, catching, jumping skills), perceived physical competence, health‐related fitness (HRF) (20 m shuttle run, push‐up, abdominal muscles endurance tests) and objectively measured moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity (MVPA ...
Jaakkola, Timo, Seppälä, Sanni, Lahti, Jukka, Salin, Kasper, Hakonen, Harto, Stodden, David, F., Huhtiniemi, Mikko   +7 more
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Physical Activity and Physical Competence in Overweight and Obese Children: An Intervention Study. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020
With the current obesity epidemic and the decline of fitness among school-aged children, the importance of obesity interventions to promote physical activity and healthy habits has become indisputable. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of a school-based multicomponent intervention in increasing physical activity (PA) levels, actual ...
Morano M, Robazza C, Bortoli L, Rutigliano I, Ruiz MC, Campanozzi A.   +5 more
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Physical Activity-Related Health Competence, Physical Activity, and Physical Fitness: Analysis of Control Competence for the Self-Directed Exercise of Adolescents [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019
(1) Background: Individuals have to effectively manage their physical activity in order to optimize the associated physical and psychological health benefits. Control competence allows the individual to structure and pace physical activity in a health-enhancing way. The concept was developed within a model of physical activity-related health competence,
Stephanie Haible, Carmen Volk, Yolanda Demetriou, Oliver Höner, Ansgar Thiel, Gorden Sudeck   +5 more
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Perception of Competence as Mediator between Motor Competence and Physical Activity [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Background: The practice of physical activity (PA) plays an important role in achieving an active-healthy lifestyle. Several authors have focused their studies on the relationship between motor competence (MC) and physical activity (PA). Stodden et al.
Luis-de Cos Izaskun, Urrutia-Gutierrez Saioa, Luis-de Cos Gurutze, Arribas-Galarraga Silvia   +3 more
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Models of Competence in Solving Physics Problems* [PDF]

Cognitive Science, 1980
We describe a set of two computer‐implemented models that solve physics problems in ways characteristic of more and less competent human solvers. The main features accounting for different competences are differences in strategy for selecting physics principles, and differences in the degree of automation in the process of applying a single principle ...
Jill H. Larkin, John McDermott, Dorothea P. Simon, Herbert A. Simon   +3 more
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PHYSICS LABORATORY COMPETENCE AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN PHYSICS

SCHOLARLY RESEARCH JOURNAL FOR HUMANITY SCIENCE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE, 2022
The main purpose of the paper is to explore the relationship between Physics Laboratory Competence and Academic Achievement in Physics among Higher Secondary students. The sample of the study comprises of 300 school students (150 male and 150 female) of Higher Secondary class were selected.
S. . Malathi, G. . Niraimozhi
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Physical Activity and Motor Competence in Preschool Children [PDF]

Children, 2021
Longitudinal evidence has demonstrated that engagement in physical activity (PA) and the development of motor competence (MC) have numerous tangible health and developmental benefits [...]
Vladimir E. Martínez-Bello, Isaac Estevan   +1 more
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Health Competency Standards in Physical Therapist Practice [PDF]

Physical Therapy, 2019
Abstract Although the physical therapist profession is the leading established, largely nonpharmacological health profession in the world and is committed to health promotion and noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevention, these have yet to be designated as core physical therapist competencies.
Dean, Elizabeth, Skinner, Margot, Myezwa, Hellen, Mkumbuzi, Vyvienne, Mostert, Karien, Parra, Diana C, Shirley, Debra, Söderlund, Anne, de Andrade, Armele Dornelas, Abaraogu, Ukachukwu Okoroafor, Bruno, Selma, Clark, Diane, Gylfadóttir, Sif, Jones, Alice, Veluswamy, Sundar Kumar, Lomi, Constantina, Moffat, Marilyn, Morris, David, Stensdotter, Ann-Katrin, Wong, Wai Pong   +19 more
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Reimagining professional competence in physical education [PDF]

Motriz: Revista de Educação Física, 2013
Physical educators have critical roles to play in assisting communities and schools to increase physical activity for all citizens. They can assist classroom teachers in increasing physical activity in the academic school day and can serve as school wellness directors to increase the amount of physical activity students and school staff members receive
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Key Competencies of Physics Teachers

Higher Education Studies, 2020
In China, the main goal of basic education curriculum reform is to develop students' key competencies. The physics teaching directed by key competencies would not only aim at the memory and reappearance of physics knowledge but also the application of physics knowledge and methods.
Tingting Liu, Haibin Sun
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