Evaluating the Pocket PE 3-5 App for Teacher Training and Student Physical Activity
This study is evaluating a digital app called Pocket PE 3-5, designed to help 3rd, 4th, and 5th-grade teachers lead physical education (PE) activities. Researchers want to see if using the Pocket PE 3-5 app improves teachers' confidence in teaching PE and their teaching methods. They also want to know if the app helps students enjoy PE more, increases their physical activity during PE, and makes them more satisfied with their PE classes. The study will compare teachers and students who use the app with those who do not. The goal is to enroll 1872 participants, including teachers who teach PE at least once a week and their students in grades 3-5. The study's status is currently unclear.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study comparing classrooms that use the Pocket PE 3-5 app with those that do not. It aims to enroll 1872 participants.
- What's involved
- Teachers willing to use Pocket PE for 12 weeks will have their teaching self-efficacy and PE instruction observed at the beginning, middle (6 weeks), and end (13 weeks) of the study. Students will also be observed.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Teachers and students will be assessed at 0 weeks (pre), 6 weeks (mid), and 13 weeks (post) after the initial assessment.
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What this trial measures
- Teaching Physical Activity (PE) Self EfficacyPre (0 weeks), mid (6 weeks after pre), and post (13 weeks after pre)
This is a 20-item survey assessing the self-efficacy for PE instruction scale, adapted from Humphries, Daigle, \& Martin (2012). Each item is on a 10-point scale (1 = disagree/cannot do, 5 = neutral/moderate certainty, 10 = agree/highly certain can do). Items are summed for a score that can range from 20 to 200, with a higher score indicating higher levels of teacher physical activity self-efficacy.
- System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time (SOFIT)Pre (0 weeks), mid (6 weeks after pre), and post (13 weeks after pre)
The SOFIT assesses physical education classes by obtaining simultaneous, objective observational data on student activity levels, the context in which they occur, and how teachers interact to promote physical activity and fitness during physical education. Student activity levels include the percent of time a student is in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (% MVPA = intervals with codes 4 or 5) ÷ (total intervals) × 100) and percent of time the student is in vigorous activity (% VA = %VPA = (intervals with code 5) ÷ (total intervals) × 100). Interval 4 = walking/moderate, and interval 5 = vigorous. The context in which the activity can occur is summarized at a percentage of time in: M (general content: management/transition/break), K (knowledge), and the motor-content categories F (fitness), S (skill practice), G (game play), O (other/free play).