10.5281/zenodo.46792
https://zenodo.org/records/46792
oai:zenodo.org:46792
Suparmanputra Hehamahua
Suparmanputra Hehamahua
Faculty of Sports and Health Science Education
Anak Agung
Anak Agung
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung 40381, Jawa Barat, Indonesia
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION OF TEENAGER SCHOLARS TOWARD PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
Zenodo
2016
intrinsic motivation, gender motivation, physical education interest
2016-03-01
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Physical education is a learning process which uses physical activities to improve skills, fitness and attitude of an individual to achieve an optimum level. The objective of this study was to examine the level of motivation among 16 years old scholars towards physical activities in a physical education class and further explore any gender difference. Four classes of 16 years old schoolboys and schoolgirls were selected for the study. There were 130 students (62 boys; 68 girls). The instrument of Situation Intrinsic Motivation Scale by Blanchard et al (2007) was administered in this research. Descriptive data indicated that the overall measure for the Intrinsic Motivation was M=3.63, SD=0.72; Identified Regulation was M=3.25, SD=0.60; External Regulation was M=2.69, SD=0.76; and Amotivation was M=2.80, SD=0.73. The independent t-test revealed that Intrinsic Motivation and External Regulation was significant based on gender, p< .05. The results indicate that steps should be undertaken by school physical education teachers to improve the teaching of physical education to improve the student’s situation intrinsic motivation level.