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Supporting Young Children's Physical Development through Tailored Motor Competency Interventions within a School Setting by Huggett, Ellie, Howells, Kristy

“…This study investigated how tailored motor competency (MC) interventions within a bespoke Scheme of Work (SOW) can support young children's physical…”
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A Model for Effective Learning in Competition: A Pedagogical Tool to Enhance Enjoyment and Perceptions of Competency in Physical Education Lessons for Young Children by Castle, Neil, Howells, Kristy

“…To date, little research on competition has focused on young children (6-7-year-olds). A total of ninety-seven participants (51 boys and 46 girls) from two…”
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Young children's physical activity levels in primary (elementary) schools: what impact does physical education lessons have for young children? by Howells, Kristy, Wellard, Ian, Woolf-May, Kate

“…Objectives: This paper explores the impact of physical education (PE) lessons, focusing on children aged 6-7 years, an underrepresented age in physical…”
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Differences between Young Children’s Actual, Self-perceived and Parent-perceived Aquatic Skills by D’Hondt, Eva, Buelens, Lise, Barnett, Lisa M., Howells, Kristy, Sääkslahti, Arja, Costa, Aldo M., Jidovtseff, Boris, Mertens, Lisa, Martelaer, Kristine De

“…As drowning is a leading cause of unintentional injury/death in children worldwide, perceptions of their actual aquatic skills are of critical importance…”
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An Evaluation of the Reliability of the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Water Competence and Its Relationship With Actual Water Competence by Jidovtseff, Boris, Morgado, Liliane De Sousa, Sääkslahti, Arja, Howells, Kristy, Barnett, Lisa M., D’Hondt, Eva, Costa, Aldo M., De Martelaer, Kristine

“…In its recent development, the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Water Competence (PSPWC) showed good face and construct validity. However, additional reliability…”
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Face and Content Validity of the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Water Competence in Young Children by Morgado, Liliane De Sousa, Martelaer, Kristine De, Sääkslahti, Arja, Howells, Kristy, Barnett, Lisa M, D'Hondt, Eva, Costa, Aldo M, Jidovtseff, Boris

“…An international group of experts have developed a pictorial tool to measure perceived water competence for children aged from 5 to 8 years old: the Pictorial…”
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Physical play - How do we inspire and motivate young children to be physically active through play?: An international analysis of twelve countries’ national early years curriculum policies and practices for physical activity and physical play by Howells, Kristy, Jerebine, Alethea, Cools, Wouter, D’Hondt, Eva, De Martelaer, Kristine, Coppens, Eline, Sienaert, Helena, Hall, Nathan, Dong, Jinxia, Soini, Anne, O’Keeffe, Christina, Coulter, Maura, McNally, Sinéad, McCaffrey, Patricia, Tortella, Patrizia, Costa, Aldo M., Hernández-Martinez, Andrea, Sollerhed, Ann-Christin, Urtel, Mark, Vinci, Debra, Wirth, Christopher, Vidoni, Carla, Sääkslahti, Arja

“…Lifelong movement and physical activity (PA) patterns develop during early childhood. Therefore, educators (teachers and practitioners) in early childhood…”
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In search of the feeling of 'belonging' in higher education: undergraduate students transition into higher education by Meehan, Catherine, Howells, Kristy

“…Previous research that evaluated first year students' transition into university found that the values of 'being, belonging and becoming' were important in…”
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The Forgotten Age Phase of Healthy Lifestyle Promotion? A Preliminary Study to Examine the Potential Call for Targeted Physical Activity and Nutrition Education for Older Adolescents by Howells, Kristy, Coppinger, Tara

“…To date, little research on healthy lifestyle promotion has focused on older adolescents (16-18-year-olds), yet this is a key time that habitual healthy…”
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'What really matters to freshers?': evaluation of first year student experience of transition into university by Meehan, Catherine, Howells, Kristy

“…Measuring student experience in terms of satisfaction is a national measure used by prospective students when considering their higher education choices…”
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Children's Perceived and Actual Physical Activity Levels within the Elementary School Setting by Howells, Kristy, Coppinger, Tara

“…To date, little research has longitudinally examined young children's physical activity (PA) during school hours, nor questioned children's perceptions of…”
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Validação preliminar de face da escala pictórica da competência aquática percebida by Morgado, Liliane S., Jidovtseff, Boris, Sääkslahti, Arja, Howells, Kristy, Barnett, Lisa, de Martelaer, Kristine, D'Hondt, Eva, Costa, Aldo M.

“…Apenas uma investigação se interessou pelo desenvolvimento de uma escala pictórica que avalia a competência aquática percebida em crianças (1). Esta ferramenta…”
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Teachers’ Perceptions and Understanding of Children’s Fluid Intake by Howells, Kristy, Coppinger, Tara

“…No public health data exists on elementary teachers’ perceptions of both their own fluid intake and of their elementary school aged children’s fluid intake. A…”
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Becoming physical education: the ontological shift to complexity by Jess, Mike, Howells, Kristy, McMillan, Paul

“…In this paper, we present the view that an ontological shift to complexity thinking will be significant in the future of physical education (PE). Complexity…”
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Wheels Up: Spiral progression pedagogy towards creative movers using wheels by Alison Murray, Kristy Howells

“…This study explored a trailblazing creative means for Physical Education (PE) preservice teachers (PSTs) to explore movement: agility, balance and coordination…”
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Physical education in early childhood education: Guest editorial by Arja Sääkslahti, Kristy Howells

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Walking the talk? Teachers' and early years' practitioners' perceptions and confidence in delivering the UK Physical Activity Guidelines within the curriculum for young children by Howells, Kristy, Meehan, Catherine

“…This study explored early years' practitioners' and teachers' attitudes and confidence in delivering the UK Physical Activity guidelines [National Health…”
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Physical activity and self-esteem: 'Jonny's story' by Howells, Kristy, Bowen, Jo

“…Previous research has proposed that physical exercise can raise self-esteem. This paper will examine the extent to which physical activity interventions,…”
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Early childhood educator training: The value of educating educators on movement, play, and physical literacy development – A three country case study by Debra Vinci, Kristy Howells, Nathan Hall, Christopher Wirth, Melanie Gregg

“…A child's early movement and active play experiences influence their attitudes towards physical activity throughout their childhood and into adulthood (Blair,…”
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Student experiences of learning how to teach primary physical education during the Covid-19 pandemic by van Rossum, Tom, Pearson, Julie, Howells, Kristy, Randall, Victoria

“…This paper offers a snapshot into the unexpected and yet positive results of a small-scale survey about learning to teach Physical Education within initial…”
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