Quality Physical Education, Motivation, and Physical Effort of College Students: An Explanatory Sequential Design

This study explored the influence of quality physical education (QPE) and motivation on college students’ physical effort in physical education (PE) using a mixed methods approach, particularly explanatory sequential design. For the quantitative phase, respondents were randomly chosen from among the selected state universities and colleges in Region XII, and for the qualitative phase, participants were purposively chosen from the respondents of the quantitative phase to participate in the in-depth interview and focus group discussion. Sets of adapted survey tools and an interview guide were used to gather data. The mean, standard deviation, and linear regression were used as statistical tools for the quantitative strand. Further, coding and thematic analysis were employed for the qualitative strand. Findings revealed high mean ratings in QPE, colleges students’ physical effort respectively, while motivation in was moderate. Furthermore, QPE and motivation were both found as significant predictors of college students’ physical effort in physical education. Moreover, results showed that the high percentage of the variance of the college student physical effort in PE was explained by the independent variables, QPE, and motivation, thus it can be said that a certain percentage of the variance can be attributed to other factors aside from the variables explored in the study. The combined influence of quality physical education and motivation as predictors of physical effort in PE among college students was a good fit for the data in this study. Also, the participants’ standpoints on the salient findings of the study were probed for further explanation in the qualitative strand. Thus, the joint display revealed the confirming-merging nature of data integration.