Elementary Classroom Teachers’ Adoption of Physical Activity Promotion in the Context of a Statewide Policy: An Innovation Diffusion and Socio-Ecologic Perspective
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419 Webster, Perreault, Doan, Doutis, and Weaver are with Physical Education and Athletic Training Dept., University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. Caputi is with the Psychology Dept., University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Elementary Classroom Teachers’ Adoption of Physical Activity Promotion in the Context of a Statewide Policy: An Innovation Diffusion and Socio-Ecologic Perspective
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