OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Teaching in Physical Education is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Recommendations for Physical Activity in Segments of the School Day Support the Increase in Daily Physical Activity in Adolescents	23
Beliefs of German Prospective Physical Education Teachers: A Qualitative Examination Through the Lens of Teaching Quality	21
Longitudinal Associations Between Anxiety in Physical Education and Fitness Among Finnish Adolescents	18
A Longitudinal Study on the Influence of Peer Network Status on University and College Students’ Academic Records in Hurdle Class	18
The Effect of a Coaching Clinic on Student-Coaches’ Behavior During a Basketball Sport Education Season With Preservice Teachers	17
The Impact of Sport Education on Physical Education Majors’ Basketball Content Knowledge and Performance	17
A Qualitative Examination of Online Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Observational Preferences Within Physical Education	16
Physical Education Alternative Certification Programs: Learning Opportunities for Teacher Candidates	15
Exploring the Impact of Choice and Variety on Adolescents’ Motivation to Participate in High-Intensity Interval Training During Physical Education: A Randomized Controlled Trial	14
Applying Models-based Practice in Physical Education	14
An Exploration of the Use of Twitter as a Professional Development Platform for In-Service Secondary School Physical Educators	14
Practice-Based Teacher Education in Physical Education	13
The Use of Photovoice in Youth Health Education Programs: A Systematic Review	13
A Review of Intervention Research on Teachers’ Content Knowledge and Students’ Learning and Performance in K–12 School Physical Education	13
“Know Your Kids, Understand Yourself, and Find a Way”: One Elementary School Physical Education Teacher’s Efforts at Employing Character Education	12
“No One Works in Isolation Here”: The Socialization of Physical Education Teachers Into a Professional Learning Community	12
Online Intervention Program Based on Need‐Supportive Activities to Promote Physical Activity and Cognitive Functions in Physical Education	11
Constructing Health and Physical Activity Knowledge in Practice: Teachers’ and Students’ Experiences	11
An Ecological Perspective on Physical Education Teacher Education: Lessons Learned From Novice Teachers’ Perceptions and Experiences	11
“I’m Trusting You, Don’t Let Me Down”: One Faculty Member’s Efforts at Employing the Spectrum Model	11
Wash in, But: The Influence of Contextual Factors on Preservice Teachers’ Use of the Game Sense Approach During Field Experiences	11
An Informal Sport Education: Integrating Informal Sport Through Negotiated Practice in Physical Education	11
Teachers’ Pedagogical Decisions to Promote Group Cohesion and Psychological Needs: Exploring Cooperative Learning, Team Building, and Direct Instruction	10
Perspectives on Inclusion in Physical Education From Faculty and Students at Three Physical Education Teacher Education Programs in Chile	10
Reclaiming the Conveyor Belt: Physical Education Teacher Education as a Pipeline to the Professoriate for Black Males	10

Teaching Physical Education Teacher Education Online: Reconciling With “Emergency Remote Delivery”	10
Impact of Physical Educators’ Appearance and Sex on Elementary School Students’ Learning and Perceptions of the Teachers	10
Developing a Pedagogy of Restorative Physical Education	10
Motivation, Sportspersonship, and Gender Equality in a Quidditch Sport Season: Analysis With Mixed Methodology	9
Exploring Subjective Theories of Assessment Among Preservice Physical Education Teachers in a Master’s Program	9
The Impact of Team Composition on Student’s Sport Skill Development in Sport Education	9
A Self-Study of a Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Program Coordinator	9
Moving Well-Being Well: Evaluating the Efficacy, Impact on Gender, and Role of Teacher Fidelity of a Fundamental Movement Skill-Based Intervention in Irish Primary School Children	9
The Effects of Information and Communication Technology-Based Physical Education Homework on Students’ Motivation, Physical Activity, and Physical Fitness: Examining Motivation as a Mediator	9
Development and Validation of the Teacher Motivation in Physical Education Questionnaire	8
Examining Marginality, Isolation, and Emotions and Their Relationship With Physical Educator Intrapersonal Job Beliefs	8
The Impact of Pandemic Lockdowns and Remote Learning on Student Fitness: An Investigation of Changes to High School Student Fitness Levels	8
Preparing Teachers for Physical Activity Leadership: Status of Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program in Physical Education Teacher Education	8
Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students’ Physical Exercise and Health Practices: A Comparative Analysis	7
Game Tactical Learning for Primary School Students With a Digital Video Analysis Tool	7
Jack and Jill Went to Instill: Did the Educative Teacher Performance Assessment Cause Them to Falter?	7
Experiences, Attitudes, and Perceived Competence Regarding Sustainable Development Among Physical Education and Health Teachers in Sweden	7
Integrating High-Intensity Physical Activity Breaks Into Senior School Lessons: Teachers’ Perceptions of the “Burn 2 Learn” Program	7
How a Collaborative Parent–Adapted Physical Education Teacher Relationship Developed: A Retrospective Case Study	7
Barriers and Facilitators to Including Students With Down Syndrome in Integrated Physical Education: Chilean Physical Educators’ Perspectives	7
“I Thought It Was Going to Be Trash”: Rural High School Students’ Disability-Related Perception Change Following Paralympic School Day	7
Exploring the (Ex/In)clusion of Disability Within Social Justice Physical Education Research	7
Improving Water Safety and Long-term Engagement in Aquatic Physical Activity: The Aquatic Literacy Framework	7
Perceptions of Teachers’ Emphasis on Self-Transcendent Goals and Students’ Social Self-Efficacy and Socially Shared Regulation in Physical Education	7
A Survey of New York State Physical Educators’ Use of Game-Based Approaches in K–12 Physical Education	7
Assessing Student Ratings of Developmental Experiences in a High School Physical Education Leadership Program	7
Effects of Physical Education on Preschool Children’s Physical Activity Levels and Motor, Cognitive, and Social Competences: A Systematic Review	7
Career Transitions: Decision-Making Dynamics Regarding Physical Education Teacher Education Doctoral Program Applications and Entry	7
One Physical Educator’s Struggle to Implement Restorative Practices in an Urban Intensive Environment	7
“It’s Like Coming Out of the Cave Into the Light”: The Role of Literacy Integration in Physical Education	7
Assessing Children’s Adherence to the Interrupting Prolonged Sitting With Activity at Home Intervention: A Mixed Methods Study	7
Physical Education Teachers’ Experiences of Nurturing a Community of Practice Online	7
“Skinny Little Mexican Kid”: Life History of a Latino Immigrant Preservice Physical Education Teacher	6
Technology Use in Physical Education: Insights From New York State Teachers	6
“... Without It I Would Not Have Thought I Had Changed”: Phenomenological Case Study Research as a Methodology for Change	6
Measuring Physical Education Teacher Socialization With Respect to Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programming	6
Investigating Physical Education Teachers’ Psychological Profiles for Teaching Students Toward a Growth Mindset	6
The Feasibility of Sport Education for Implementation With Third-Grade Students: Proof of Concept	6
Diversity, Difference and Social Justice in Physical Education: Challenges and Strategies in a Translocated World	5
A Comparison of Motivation and Physical Activity Levels Between a Sport Education Season and a Hybrid Sport Education and Cooperative Learning Season	5
Influence of Secondary Organizational Socialization on How Physical Education Teacher Education Program Coordinators Execute Their Administrative Roles and Responsibilities	5
Graduate Teaching Assistants’ Experiences Teaching Physical Education at a Youth Development Center	5
Teacher Caring and Perceptions of In-School Play	5
Teachers’ Perspectives of Enacting Student Voice in Primary Physical Education	5
The Effect of Content Knowledge on Content Development, Task Adaptations, and Children’s Task Performance in Elementary School	5
Teaching a Physical Activity to a Young Child With Autism Using the Three-Tier Video Modeling Model: A Pilot Study	5
Tracking District and School Physical Education Time Policies After Legal Adjudication: A Case Study in California	5
Middle School Students’ Perceptions of Movement Integration	5
Erratum. Preparing Preservice Teachers via Teaching Methods Courses: A Literature Review	5
Validity of Synchronous Online Physical Education Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic	5

U.S. Physical Education Teacher Education Faculty Members’ Workplace Perceptions Across Gender and Institution Type	5
Tribute to Professor Michael W. Metzler Co-Founder of the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education	5
Before School Exercise Effects on Fitness and Academic Performance in Schoolchildren: A Retrospective Case-Controlled Study	5
Exploring Perceived Mattering in Physical Education Teacher Education Doctoral Students	5
Listening to the Body in Physical Education and Sport	5
Understanding the Teaching and Learning of Fundamental Movement Skills in the Primary Physical Education Setting: A Qualitative Study	5
Scholarly Book Reviews in the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education	5
The Effects of Play Practice Instruction on the Badminton Content Knowledge of a Cohort of Chinese Physical Education Majors	5
How Can a Student-Centered Curriculum Impact Preservice Teachers’ Development of Epistemological Beliefs? A Physical Education Longitudinal Case Study	5
Erratum. Gender Differences in Students’ Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity Levels During Primary School Physical Education Lessons: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	5
Physical Education Teacher Experiences Through the Lens of a Pandemic: Putting a Spotlight on Teacher Beliefs, Practices, Emotional Fragility, and Well-Being	4
The Role of Cost in Predicting Learning Outcomes in Physical Education: An Expectancy–Value–Cost Model	4
Disability Awareness Sport and Physical Education Interventions: A Systematic Literature Review From 1992 to 2023	4
Encouraging a Unified Framework for Understanding Socialization Into Higher Education	4
“It’s My Time to . . . Fight Some of These Battles”: The Life History of an Exemplary African American PETE Faculty Member	4
Erratum. A Qualitative Examination of Online Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Observational Preferences Within Physical Education	4
Preservice Physical Education Teachers’ Perceptions of Health-Related Fitness Self-Testing in a Teaching Methods Course	4
Traditional Asian Games, Doing Critical Pedagogy and the Knowledge That Actually Counts in Australian Physical Education Teacher Education	4
Contributions of Tasks With Different Cognitive Load to High School Students’ In-Class Physical Activity	4
Generalization of Participation in Fitness Activities From Physical Education to Lunch Recess by Gender and Skill Level	4
Influence of Occupational Socialization on Sport Pedagogy Doctoral Students’ Beliefs and Actions	4
Experiences and Perspectives of College Students With Disabilities Toward Integrated Physical Education in South Korea	4
Students’ Perspectives on the Organization of Health in Physical Education	4
“En el buen camino”: Colaboración entre maestros e investigadores para la implementación del aprendizaje cooperativo en la educación física de educación primaria	4
Quality of Life in Individuals With Disabilities Through a Student-Led Service-Learning Program: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis to Examine the Reciprocal Benefits of Service Learning	4
Teaching Physical Education Post-COVID-19: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment	4
Erratum. School Administrators’ Perspectives on and Support for Physical Education	4
Motivation–Engagement–Achievement Pathway in Learning Caloric-Balanced Living in High School Physical Education: An Expectancy-Value Perspective	4
Introduction	4
To PETE, or Not to PETE, That Is the Question: The Influence of Occupational Socialization on Physical Education Teacher Education Recruitment and Retention	4
Inclusive Physical Education: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Ontario Secondary School Health and Physical Education Curriculum	4
The Effect of Classroom-Based Physical Activity Elements on Academic Performance in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis	4
Service-Learning in Secondary School Physical Education Teacher Education in Taiwan: A Study on Approaches to Reflection	4