Table 3.

Multilevel Models Predicting Student Engagement in Physical Education

	Student engagement in PE
Variables	Student only (Model 1)	Class content only (Model 2)	Student & class content (Model 3)
Intercept terms
Reference intercept (% class time)	100.85	100.88	100.89
Inactive instruction		−.5910**	−.5806**
Fitness		−.1376	−.1253
Skill practice		.1168	.1199
Game play		−.2014*	−.1878*
Class management		.0112	.0108
Slope terms
Perceived competence in PEa	9.3693****		9.2808****
Body imageb	1.0015*		1.0686*
Perceived competence in PE × inactive instruction			.4429***
Perceived competence in PE × fitness			.0443
Perceived competence in PE × skills practice			−.1766*
Perceived competence in PE × game play			.0542
Perceived competence in PE × class management			.0027
Body image × inactive instruction			−.0210
Body image × fitness			−.0106
Body image × skills practice			−.0133
Body image × game play			−.0203
Body image × class management			−.0009

Notes: Unstandardized regression coefficients; continuous class content variables were centered at the grand mean and student-level variables were group mean centered (within teacher-group);

^*p<.05;

^**p<.0l;

^***p<.001;

^****p<.0001

^aPerceived competence in PE (M = 3.84; SD = 0.98; range: 1–5);

^bBody image (M = 3.96; SD = 0.90; range: 1–5).