Gender- and School-Level Correlates of Growth in Health-Related Fitness Knowledge among US High-School Students

Autor/inn/en	Zhu, Xihe; Haegele, Justin A
Titel	Gender- and School-Level Correlates of Growth in Health-Related Fitness Knowledge among US High-School Students
Quelle	In: Health Education Journal, 77 (2018) 8, S.927-938 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zhu, Xihe)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0017-8969
DOI	10.1177/0017896918785930
Schlagwörter	Knowledge Level; High School Students; Physical Fitness; School Districts; Physical Activities; Behavior Change; Health Behavior; Longitudinal Studies; Gender Differences; Correlation; Grade 9; Grade 10; Grade 11; Physical Education; Tests; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wissensbasis; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Leistungsfähigkeit; School district; Schulbezirk; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Examination; Prüfung; Examen
Abstract	Objective: Health-related fitness knowledge holds the potential for physical activity and behavioural changes. The purpose of this retrospective longitudinal study with retrospective data was (a) to examine high-school students' health-related fitness knowledge growth through the 9th, 10th and 11th grades under one curriculum condition and (b) to examine gender- and school-level correlates of students' health-related fitness knowledge and its rate of growth. Method: This study used existing data collected by school districts as they implemented the curriculum. Participants were students (n = 9,883, 49.4% girls) from 40 high schools following the same curriculum. Health-related fitness knowledge performance was assessed annually for 3 years using an online platform. Potential student- and school-level correlates were collected. A three-level hierarchical linear model was used to examine student health-related fitness knowledge growth and its relation to gender- and school-level correlates. Results: The results showed that high-school student health-related fitness knowledge growth was linear during the 3-year period, with an estimated growth rate of 9.14 ± 1.40% per year under the curriculum condition. Girl students had a higher growth rate than boys, holding other factors constant. Other school-level variables were not significant predictors of health-related fitness knowledge. Conclusion: Overall, the curriculum context was conducive to student health-related knowledge growth. The different knowledge growth rate between boys and girls was a possible reason for gender discrepancy at the 11th grade. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01