Table 2. Descriptive results of means (standard deviations) for the PE class sample.
Item Sports Class gender Teacher gender Venue Phase
Total Individual Team t Mixed Single-sex t Female Male t Indoor Outdoor t Pre Post t
N (%) 79 20 (25.3) 59 (74.7) 10 (12.7) 69 (87.3) 20 (25.3) 59 (74.7) 19 (24.1) 60 (75.9) 32 (40.5) 47 (59.5)
Physical Activity levels (%)
Sitting 12.35 (11.46) 4.1
(7.18)
15.14 (11.33) -4.08*** 0.76
(2.41)
14.03
(11.29)
-3.69*** 19.9 (12.39) 9.79 (10.01) 3.67*** 1.65
(2.69)
15.74 (11.09) -5.47*** 12.93 (13.14) 11.95 (10.3) 0.37
Standing 48.77 (23.28) 63.63
(24.76)
43.74 (20.64) 3.54** 86.01
(7.01)
43.38
(19.54)
6.81*** 52.82 (16.55) 47.4 (25.13) 0.9 75.13 (14.13) 40.43(19) 7.33*** 47.17 (22.72) 49.87 (23.84) -0.5
MVPA 38.77 (18.78) 32.23
(20.98)
40.99 (17.62) -1.83 13.16
(6.79)
42.48
(16.97)
-5.38*** 27.28 (9.97) 42.67 (19.51) -3.37** 23.19 (13.1) 43.71 (17.63) -4.67*** 39.83 (19.71) 38.05 (18.3) 0.41
Lesson content (%)
General 18.62 (8.8) 15.18 (9.46) 19.79 (8.33) -2.07* 16.57 (10.19) 18.92 (8.63) -0.79 19.27 (9.74) 18.4 (8.54) 0.38 20.53 (8.61) 18.02 (8.84) 1.09 19.01 (7.8) 18.36 (9.49) 0.32
Knowledge 16.93 (10.62) 15.25 (10.63) 17.49 (10.64) -0.82 10.94 (11.39) 17.79 (10.3) -1.94 21.35 (11.78) 15.43 (9.86) 2.21* 15.04 (11.28) 17.52 (10.43) -0.89 22.15 (10.19) 13.37 (9.45) 3.93***
Skill practices 34.37 (15.79) 36.53 (14.7) 33.64 (16.19) 0.71 33.14 (17.31) 34.55 (15.68) -0.26 32.99 (15.98) 34.84 (15.83) -0.45 27.67 (15.44) 36.49 (15.42) -2.17* 33.09 (14.22) 35.24 (16.86) -0.59
Game play 19.1 (14.6) 20.14 (13.14) 18.75 (15.15) 0.37 19.88 (16.75) 18.99 (14.4) 0.18 14.74 (14.74) 20.58 (14.38) -1.56 20.79 (14.16) 18.56 (14.81) 0.58 13.69 (11.98) 22.79 (15.18) -2.84**
Teacher involvement (%)
Instructs generally 38.57(16) 42.48 (17.4) 37.25 (15.43) 1.27 32.82 (16.21) 39.41 (15.91) -1.22 42.38 (16.41) 37.28 (15.79) 1.24 33.12(13) 40.3 (16.56) -1.73 41.11 (14.36) 36.84 (16.96) 1.17
Manages 26.3 (12.21) 27.62 (15.39) 25.86 (11.05) 0.56 35.12 (14.83) 25.03 (11.35) 2.53* 27.36 (12.98) 25.94 (12.03) 0.45 33.57 (11.85) 24 (11.48) 3.14** 24.5 (11.22) 27.53 (12.81) -1.08
Observes 31.71 (14.18) 27.63 (13.34) 33.09 (14.29) -1.5 31.54 (17.84) 31.73 (13.73) -0.04 24.35 (10.72) 34.2 (14.41) -2.8** 31.4 (13.77) 31.8 (14.42) -0.11 27.19 (11.48) 34.78 (15.1) -2.41*
Observed class time (minutes) 86.61
(18.9)
Class size (N) 25.24
(0.84)
Attendance (%) 92.78 (5.71)
***p < .001;**p < .01;*p < .05 (two-tailed).