OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Teaching in Physical Education is 3. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Beliefs of German Prospective Physical Education Teachers: A Qualitative Examination Through the Lens of Teaching Quality	32
A Longitudinal Study on the Influence of Peer Network Status on University and College Students’ Academic Records in Hurdle Class	25
“I’m Trusting You, Don’t Let Me Down”: One Faculty Member’s Efforts at Employing the Spectrum Model	23
Recommendations for Physical Activity in Segments of the School Day Support the Increase in Daily Physical Activity in Adolescents	22
Exploring the Impact of Choice and Variety on Adolescents’ Motivation to Participate in High-Intensity Interval Training During Physical Education: A Randomized Controlled Trial	21
The Impact of Sport Education on Physical Education Majors’ Basketball Content Knowledge and Performance	18
“Know Your Kids, Understand Yourself, and Find a Way”: One Elementary School Physical Education Teacher’s Efforts at Employing Character Education	18
Teachers’ Pedagogical Decisions to Promote Group Cohesion and Psychological Needs: Exploring Cooperative Learning, Team Building, and Direct Instruction	15
“No One Works in Isolation Here”: The Socialization of Physical Education Teachers Into a Professional Learning Community	15
A Qualitative Examination of Online Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Observational Preferences Within Physical Education	15
Erratum. Features of an Online Professional Learning Community That Influence Teacher Educators’ Experiences of Collaboration	14
Physical Education Alternative Certification Programs: Learning Opportunities for Teacher Candidates	13
Applying Models-based Practice 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	12
Longitudinal Associations Between Anxiety in Physical Education and Fitness Among Finnish Adolescents	12
Practice-Based Teacher Education in Physical Education	11
Online Intervention Program Based on Need‐Supportive Activities to Promote Physical Activity and Cognitive Functions in Physical Education	11
The Effect of a Coaching Clinic on Student-Coaches’ Behavior During a Basketball Sport Education Season With Preservice Teachers	11
An Exploration of the Use of Twitter as a Professional Development Platform for In-Service Secondary School Physical Educators	11
Wash in, But: The Influence of Contextual Factors on Preservice Teachers’ Use of the Game Sense Approach During Field Experiences	10
An Ecological Perspective on Physical Education Teacher Education: Lessons Learned From Novice Teachers’ Perceptions and Experiences	10
An Informal Sport Education: Integrating Informal Sport Through Negotiated Practice in Physical Education	9
Perspectives on Inclusion in Physical Education From Faculty and Students at Three Physical Education Teacher Education Programs in Chile	9
Impact of Physical Educators’ Appearance and Sex on Elementary School Students’ Learning and Perceptions of the Teachers	9

Teaching Physical Education Teacher Education Online: Reconciling With “Emergency Remote Delivery”	9
A Self-Study of a Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Program Coordinator	9
Preparing Teachers for Physical Activity Leadership: Status of Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program in Physical Education Teacher Education	9
Examining Marginality, Isolation, and Emotions and Their Relationship With Physical Educator Intrapersonal Job Beliefs	9
Exploring Subjective Theories of Assessment Among Preservice Physical Education Teachers in a Master’s Program	8
Career Transitions: Decision-Making Dynamics Regarding Physical Education Teacher Education Doctoral Program Applications and Entry	8
Impact of Occupational Socialization on Faculty Members’ Philosophies of Physical Education Teacher Education	8
Motivation, Sportspersonship, and Gender Equality in a Quidditch Sport Season: Analysis With Mixed Methodology	8
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	8
The Impact of Team Composition on Student’s Sport Skill Development in Sport Education	8
Factors Influencing High School Physical Education Teachers’ Content Selection	8
The Effects of Information and Communication Technology-Based Physical Education Homework on Students’ Motivation, Physical Activity, and Physical Fitness: Examining Motivation as a Mediator	8
Exploring the (Ex/In)clusion of Disability Within Social Justice Physical Education Research	7
Barriers and Facilitators to Including Students With Down Syndrome in Integrated Physical Education: Chilean Physical Educators’ Perspectives	7
The Impact of Pandemic Lockdowns and Remote Learning on Student Fitness: An Investigation of Changes to High School Student Fitness Levels	7
Improving Water Safety and Long-term Engagement in Aquatic Physical Activity: The Aquatic Literacy Framework	7
Effects of Physical Education on Preschool Children’s Physical Activity Levels and Motor, Cognitive, and Social Competences: A Systematic Review	7
Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students’ Physical Exercise and Health Practices: A Comparative Analysis	7
Development and Validation of the Teacher Motivation in Physical Education Questionnaire	7
“I Thought It Was Going to Be Trash”: Rural High School Students’ Disability-Related Perception Change Following Paralympic School Day	7
Assessing Student Ratings of Developmental Experiences in a High School Physical Education Leadership Program	6
Game Tactical Learning for Primary School Students With a Digital Video Analysis Tool	6
Physical Education Teachers’ Experiences of Nurturing a Community of Practice Online	6
Integrating High-Intensity Physical Activity Breaks Into Senior School Lessons: Teachers’ Perceptions of the “Burn 2 Learn” Program	6
“It’s Like Coming Out of the Cave Into the Light”: The Role of Literacy Integration in Physical Education	6
Assessing Children’s Adherence to the Interrupting Prolonged Sitting With Activity at Home Intervention: A Mixed Methods Study	6
The Feasibility of Sport Education for Implementation With Third-Grade Students: Proof of Concept	6
“... Without It I Would Not Have Thought I Had Changed”: Phenomenological Case Study Research as a Methodology for Change	6
How a Collaborative Parent–Adapted Physical Education Teacher Relationship Developed: A Retrospective Case Study	6
Perceptions of Teachers’ Emphasis on Self-Transcendent Goals and Students’ Social Self-Efficacy and Socially Shared Regulation in Physical Education	6
“Skinny Little Mexican Kid”: Life History of a Latino Immigrant Preservice Physical Education Teacher	6
A Survey of New York State Physical Educators’ Use of Game-Based Approaches in K–12 Physical Education	6
Experiences, Attitudes, and Perceived Competence Regarding Sustainable Development Among Physical Education and Health Teachers in Sweden	5
Technology Use in Physical Education: Insights From New York State Teachers	5
Measuring Physical Education Teacher Socialization With Respect to Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programming	5
Exploring Perceived Mattering in Physical Education Teacher Education Doctoral Students	5
Middle School Students’ Perceptions of Movement Integration	5
Validity of Synchronous Online Physical Education Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic	5
Diversity, Difference and Social Justice in Physical Education: Challenges and Strategies in a Translocated World	5
Effectiveness of Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program Components in Promoting Students’ Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity and Steps: Insights From a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	5
Before School Exercise Effects on Fitness and Academic Performance in Schoolchildren: A Retrospective Case-Controlled Study	5
Listening to the Body in Physical Education and Sport	5
Erratum. Preparing Preservice Teachers via Teaching Methods Courses: A Literature Review	5
A Comparison of Motivation and Physical Activity Levels Between a Sport Education Season and a Hybrid Sport Education and Cooperative Learning Season	5
Investigating Physical Education Teachers’ Psychological Profiles for Teaching Students Toward a Growth Mindset	5
Influence of Secondary Organizational Socialization on How Physical Education Teacher Education Program Coordinators Execute Their Administrative Roles and Responsibilities	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
Teacher Caring and Perceptions of In-School Play	5
The Role of Cost in Predicting Learning Outcomes in Physical Education: An Expectancy–Value–Cost Model	4

Understanding the Teaching and Learning of Fundamental Movement Skills in the Primary Physical Education Setting: A Qualitative Study	4
Teachers’ Perspectives of Enacting Student Voice in Primary Physical Education	4
Motivation–Engagement–Achievement Pathway in Learning Caloric-Balanced Living in High School Physical Education: An Expectancy-Value Perspective	4
Introduction	4
Service-Learning in Secondary School Physical Education Teacher Education in Taiwan: A Study on Approaches to Reflection	4
Disability Awareness Sport and Physical Education Interventions: A Systematic Literature Review From 1992 to 2023	4
Students’ Perspectives on the Organization of Health in Physical Education	4
How Can a Student-Centered Curriculum Impact Preservice Teachers’ Development of Epistemological Beliefs? A Physical Education Longitudinal Case Study	4
The Effect of Content Knowledge on Content Development, Task Adaptations, and Children’s Task Performance in Elementary School	4
Scholarly Book Reviews in the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education	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
“It’s My Time to . . . Fight Some of These Battles”: The Life History of an Exemplary African American PETE Faculty Member	4
Erratum. School Administrators’ Perspectives on and Support for Physical Education	4
Erratum. Gender Differences in Students’ Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity Levels During Primary School Physical Education Lessons: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	4
From Idea to Implementation: Design Thinking as the Engine for TPACK Development in Emerging Physical Education Preservice Teacher	4
The Effects of Play Practice Instruction on the Badminton Content Knowledge of a Cohort of Chinese Physical Education Majors	4
Encouraging a Unified Framework for Understanding Socialization Into Higher Education	4
Experiences and Perspectives of College Students With Disabilities Toward Integrated Physical Education in South Korea	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	3
Traditional Asian Games, Doing Critical Pedagogy and the Knowledge That Actually Counts in Australian Physical Education Teacher Education	3
Stepping Back, Stepping Up, and Stepping Forward: Exploring One Teacher’s Evolving Approach to Teaching Social and Emotional Learning in High School Physical Education	3
Received and Perceived Peer Acceptance in Relation to Enjoyment, Social Competence, and Physical Activity in Primary School Physical Education and the Role of Peer-Relatedness Need Satisfaction	3
Validation of a Common Content Knowledge Test for Hiking and Camping	3
Teaching and Transferring Life Skills From the Classroom: A Qualitative Study of Iranian Physical Education Teachers’ Perceptions	3
Service-Learning in Adapted Physical Activity: Using Relational Ethics to Guide Decision Making	3
Comparing Workplace Experiences of Physical Education Teachers and Physical Education Teacher Education Faculty Members	3
Content Acquisition Podcasts and Preservice Physical Educators’ Knowledge and Self-Efficacy Toward Teaching Students With Visual Impairments	3
Principals’ Perspectives on Quality Physical Education in Australian Primary Schools	3
The Effect of Classroom-Based Physical Activity Elements on Academic Performance in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis	3
Elective Physical Education in the United States—Why Do Students Enroll?	3
Contributions of Tasks With Different Cognitive Load to High School Students’ In-Class Physical Activity	3
Physical Education as a Pathway to Sustainability: Implementing the Personal and Social Responsibility Model to Meet Sustainable Development Goals	3
Codesigning a Motor Story for Promoting Inclusion and Critical Thinking in Preservice Teachers: A Participatory Action Research Approach in Physical Education	3
Erratum. Exploring the Impact of Choice and Variety on Adolescents’ Motivation to Participate in High-Intensity Interval Training During Physical Education: A Randomized Controlled Trial	3
Implementing Mediational Observational Learning Techniques for Social Emotional Learning in Specific Physical Education Content	3
Understanding Physical Literacy in the Indian Context: A Mixed-Method Study of Physical Education Teachers’ Perspectives	3
Cooperative Classrooms and Academic Performance in Physical Education: A Multilevel Analysis	3
A Retrospective Study on Students’ Perceived Experiences in Physical Education: Exploring Beliefs, Emotions, and Physical Activity Outcomes	3
Teaching Physical Education Post-COVID-19: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment	3
Inclusive Physical Education: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Ontario Secondary School Health and Physical Education Curriculum	3
“En el buen camino”: Colaboración entre maestros e investigadores para la implementación del aprendizaje cooperativo en la educación física de educación primaria	3
AI Enhances, Not Outdates, Self-Study Research: A Practical Guide to Integrating AI Into Research Methodology	3
Evaluating the Feasibility of the Education, Movement, and Understanding (EMU) Program: A Primary School-Based Physical Education Program Integrating Indigenous Games Alongside Numeracy and Literacy S	3
Effects of Situated Game Teaching Through Set Plays on Badminton Tactical Knowledge, Technical Ability, and Game Performance Among Turkish Secondary School Students	3
Examining the Differences in Physical Educators’ Self-Efficacy to Teach Students With Disabilities Across Instructional Placements	3
The Implementation of the Digital Physical Literacy for Children Questionnaire in Primary Schools: A Mixed-Methods Study	3
Preservice Physical Education Teachers’ Perceptions of Health-Related Fitness Self-Testing in a Teaching Methods Course	3
Erratum. A Qualitative Examination of Online Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Observational Preferences Within Physical Education	3