La actuación docente en clase: novedad, motivación e intención de ser físicamente activo en escolares

Physical inactivity during adolescence is a public health problem in Mexico, and physical education is the only curricular setting in which all students systematically engage in motor practice. The aim of this study was to analyse the relationships between students' perception of the teacher's task presentation, novelty need satisfaction, autonomous motivation and the intention to be physically active in Mexican primary and lower secondary school students. A cross-sectional correlational design with non-probabilistic convenience sampling was used. A total of 390 students (218 boys and 172 girl