Relations between Students" Self-Directedness and Their Sense of Challenge and Learning Flow in Physical Education Classes

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of students" self-directedness on their sense of challenge and learning flow in PE classes. For this purpose, the investigator found a population of middle and high school students in Gyeonggi Province and selected 328 through convenience sampling. Collected data was put to the multiple regression analysis with the SPSS Win Ver 23.0 statistical program. The findings were as follows: First, self-directedness had statistically significant effects on students" sense of challenge in PE classes. second, their sense of challenge had statistically significant effects on their learning flow in PE classes and finally, self-directedness had statistically significant effects on their learning flow in PE classes.