| Physical education activity has had an unusual history in institutions of higher education and has been justified on the basis of contributing to students' health. A review of related literature and research revealed that the goal of physical education activity was to help male and female students cope with the rigors of academic work.;The purpose of this study was to identify to what extent factors contributed to physical education activity course satisfaction in colleges and universities in Taiwan. The examined population for the research was comprised of 1,200 randomly selected college and university students in a stratified random sample of twelve institutions of higher education in Taiwan. One thousand and eighty three (90.2%) completed surveys were received by the researcher.;A thirty-four item survey was developed by the investigator. The survey primarily employed a five-point Likert scale format and was subjected to expert panel and pilot study scrutiny before distribution to college and university students. Analysis of data revealed that the most prevalent physical education activity classes with college and university students were table tennis, badminton, and basketball. The least prevalent physical education activity classes were yoga, handball, and jogging.;Analyses of variance found that the variables of gender, type of college or university, region of college or university, and class size of physical education activity courses had significant influence on students' perceptions of factors that contribute to collegiate physical education activity course satisfaction.;A composite of factors to collegiate physical education activity course satisfaction was calculated, which indicated that the college and university students were satisfied with seven of eight factors. Multiple comparison tests indicated that significant differences existed with regard to facilities, course offering, physical well-being, equipment, co-education classes, instruction, and time of class offered. Only the factor of class size had no found significant difference in this research. |
