The effect of teacher-centered and motivational mastery climate approaches on physical activity of 8 years old children in Shahrekord

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of teacher-centered and mastery motivational climate on the physical activity of children aged 8 years. The strategy of this research was semi-experimental and applied regarding to purpose, which was done using a pre-test-post-test design with control group. 60 students from elementary schools in Shahrekord city were selected using available sampling and randomly divided into three groups: mastery motivational climate, teacher-centered and control. In the pretest, the children's physical activity was recorded using pedometer measure. The intervention program was conducted during 12 sessions. Then, post-test was carried out. One-way ANOVA and Mixed ANOVA were used to compare intra-group and in-group effects. The results showed no significant difference between the groups in the pretest test (p