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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 23.
Published in final edited form as: Res Q Exerc Sport. 2008 Jun;79(2):195–208. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2008.10599483
Question 12: If there is anything that you don’t like in PE, what would that be? Why?
Cost code: 1 = No cost, 2 = there is a cost
Source code: 1 = content, 2 = teacher, 3 = peer, 4 = physical discomfort
Sample student responses Cost Source
No cost
 I like it because it is fun to me 1.00 N/A
 I like it very much and I like it because you can be yourself 1.00 N/A
 I like everything because it’s all fun and you get energy 1.00 N/A
Cost—content
 I don’t like the journals because it sometimes is not fun 2.00 1.00
 I don’t like the sit-ups and push-ups 2.00 1.00
 I don’t running laps because everybody is too fast 2.00 1.00
Cost—teacher
 When he (the teacher) yell at all of us 2.00 2.00
 I don’t like when Mr. XXXXX yells 2.00 2.00
 I don’t like the way my teacher rewards kids 2.00 2.00
Cost—peer
 I don’t like when people talk a lot and waste time 2.00 3.00
 I don’t like when the other class is late and takes up our time 2.00 3.00
 I don’t like PE because people trip me up and it is not fun 2.00 3.00
Cost—physical discomfort
 I don’ like running cause it makes me lose my breath 2.00 4.00
 I do not like doing (running) laps, it makes me tired 2.00 4.00
 I don’t like pushups because it hurts to do it 2.00 4.00