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UnLock Research articles are a great resource for health and physical educators who want to learn about relevant research. Each monthly UnLock Research article reviews and summarizes a recently published research study.

Current Article

The Experiences of Latina and Latino Blind and Visually Impaired Students in Physical Education: A Retrospective Study

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2025-2026

April 2026 / May 2026
- Investigating Middle School Students’ Physical Education Emotions, Emotional Antecedents, Self-Esteem, and Intentions for Physical Activity
February 2026 / March 2026
- Opening up Neat New Things: Exploring Understandings and Experiences of Social and Emotional Learning and Meaningful Physical Education Utilizing Democratic and Reflective Pedagogies
December 2025 / January 2026
- Educating Students With Severe Disabilities Through an Inclusive Pedagogy in Physical Education
October/November 2025
- Observed and Perceived Benefits of Providing Physical Activity Opportunities in Elementary Schools: A Qualitative Study
August/September 2025
- ‘It Always Gets Pushed Aside:’ Qualitative Perspectives on Puberty and Menstruation Education in U.S. Schools

2024-2025

June/July 2025
- Whole-of-School Physical Activity Promotion: Findings From Elementary Schools in the United States
February/March 2025
- Gross Motor Skill Performance in Children With and Without CHARGE Syndrome: Research to Practice
December 2024/January 2025
- Urban African-American Girls’ Participation and Future Intentions Toward Physical Education
October/November 2024
- Perspectives of Students With Disabilities Toward Physical Education: A Qualitative Inquiry Review
August/September 2024
- Does Skill Performance Influence Young Children’s Perceived Physical Competence?

2023-2024

These articles were translated by Ana West at the University of North Texas.

June/July 2024
- Sex Differences in 3- to 5-Year-Old Children’s Motor Competence : A Pooled Cross-Sectional Analysis of 6,241 Children
April/May 2024
- Understanding Physical Education Teachers’ Help-Seeking Behaviors in a Facebook Professional Learning Community
February/March 2024
- “Female Undergraduate Students’ Experiences Facilitating an Out-of-School Physical Activity Program for Middle School Girls”
December 2023 / January 2024
- “Is Meaningful Physical Education and Social Justice a Complimentary Combination? A Physical Education Teacher Educator Collaborative Self-Study”
October/November 2023
- “Disability Simulation Design and Implementation in Adapted Physical Activity Coursework — Reports From Faculty”
August/September 2023
- “Go Where the Big Challenges Are”: Preservice Physical Educators as Change Agents

2022-2023

These articles were translated by Ana West at the University of North Texas.

2021-2022

These articles were translated by Ana West at the University of North Texas.

2020-2021

These articles were translated by Caitlin Olive at the University of New Mexico.

About UnLock Research

Professor Lawrence F. Locke, a leader in U.S. sport pedagogy, developed the UnLock Research website as a way to help teachers and scholars become better informed about the many good things going on in sport pedagogy. He also wanted to connect them with the various aspects of doing, reading, understanding, and interpreting research. Now a professor emeritus of education and physical education at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Locke has graciously allowed us to continue the legacy of his UnLock Research materials.

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