| Physicalfitness is fundamental for youths' schoolwork.Only if they are physically healthy can they serve our nation's socialist modernization.Since PRC was founded in 1949,the Party and the State have attached great importance to students' physical health.Sports Law of The People's Republic of China and National Student Physical Health Standard were enacted successively in favor of an education for all-round development.Up to now,the sports test,which forms part of the entrance examination of junior middle school students,has been carried out all over China,which helps strengthen youths' physical fitness and promote China's sports education.The present research,which is based on document analyses,questionnaire survey,mathematical statistics,comparative analyses and expert interviews,deals with the ways of exercising and attitudes towards sports of ninth-grade students in Heqing County,Yunnan Province.The research has also been conducted to assess the students' attitudes,cognition and habits in terms of behavior and to analyze the relation between their attitudes and the results of the entrance examination so that we can make changes to their attitudes and raise their awareness of doing sports.Our effort aims at improving their physical qualities.We would draw the following conclusions:i)Many of the ninth-grade students in Heqing County,Yunnan Province are sports lovers,most of whom do exercise on PE classes or during recess,guided by teachers or accompanied by their schoolmates.Their exercise is aimed at strengthen their physical fitness so that they acquire good results in the entrance examination of junior middle school students.Most students exercise 60 to 90 minutes per day,which represents a high intensity.Nevertheless,the students' demand for sports have not yet been met due to the low investment in sports and the lack of sports venues in rural schools.ii)There is great contrast between the ninth-grade schoolboys in rural areas and those in towns in terms of behavioral attitudes,behavioral cognition and test results,while no remarkable difference has been found regarding behavioral intention and subjective standard.As for school girls,there is great contrast between the two groups in the matter of behavioral attitudes,attitudes towards goals,behavioral cognition,emotional experience,behavioral habits,behavioral control and attitude score.iii)The results of the sports test of the students of rural schools are significantly better than those of town schools,especially in terms of endurance,strength and flexibility.As for ball games,the previous group has no remarkable advantage.Furthermore,no significant difference has been found between the results of rope-skipping test of girls and those of boys.iv)There is a low-intensity positive correlation between the attitude score of the ninth-grade students in Heqing and their endurance,strength,sit-and-reach test results,ball game test results and aggregate scores.We suggest that the local government attach importance to the construction of school sports venues and sports facilities,raising the sports investment in remote rural areas in order to meet the students' need.Meanwhile,schools should take into account the students' formation of attitudes towards sports.In addition,schools should pay more attention to the sports test of the entrance examination of junior middle school students and make changes to the parents' and the society's views on school sports. |
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