Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/15391 Title Enhancing Motivation and Engagement Through a Cooperative Striking Unit Creator Joel Carlson Date 6/13/2026 Type text data Language eng Rights Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 07/27/2026, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en Abstract This Action Research Project examined whether student motivation and engagement in Physical Education could be improved through a modified tennis unit designed for fifth-grade students. The study was conducted in response to a common challenge observed during competitive activities: while many students expressed interest in participating, some were reluctant to engage fully in competitive game settings. To address this issue, a tennis unit was intentionally designed to support learners of varying skill levels through individual skill development, cooperative learning experiences, and structured competitive practice. The project was grounded in the principles of Self-Determination Theory, with instructional strategies aimed at fostering competence, autonomy, and relatedness. Competence was supported through repeated skill practice and opportunities for success. Autonomy was encouraged by allowing students to make choices, such as creating team names and selecting certain activities. Relatedness was developed through cooperative tasks and an emphasis on sportsmanship and peer support. The findings explored the impact of these strategies on student participation, motivation, and overall engagement during Physical Education lessons. Degree Master of Arts in Teaching (initial licensure) Key Words Self-Determination Theory Competition Note Marcus Wenzel Makenna Slavenski Type action_research_project -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/11479 Title May Day Queen and Students Creator Undetermined Description The May Queen Myrtle Clayville and her attendant sit on a throne on the tennis courts outside of Maple Hall. Other students in costumes stand nearby, some holding umbrellas. Date 5/5/1916 0:00 Type Image; StillImage Identifier mayday/55 Source Oregon State Normal School Lantern Slides Collection (MSS 17) Rights Copyright Not Evaluated: As of 04/07/2020, the copyright for this item has not been investigated by Hamersly Library. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Spatial Coverage Monmouth, OR -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/11470 Title May Queen and Her Court Creator Undetermined Description May Queen Lena Keen (center) sits with other students in the May Court underneath the Queen's Pavilion Canopy located on the tennis courts outside Maple Hall. Also appears in The 1923 Norm, page 176. Date 5/6/1922 0:00 Type Image; StillImage Identifier mayday/42 Source Violet Denny Scrapbook (MSS 34) Rights Copyright Not Evaluated: As of 04/07/2020, the copyright for this item has not been investigated by Hamersly Library. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Spatial Coverage Monmouth, OR -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/11445 Title May Day Canopy Creator Undetermined Description May Queen Ruth Stover (center, of Weiser, Idaho), sits with her court in the May Day canopy located on the tennis courts outside of Maple Hall. The canopy featured handmade garlands and children from the training school as part of the procession. Date 5/14/1921 0:00 Type Image; StillImage Identifier mayday/5 Source Agnes M. Anderson Collection (MSS 5) Rights Copyright Not Evaluated: As of 04/07/2020, the copyright for this item has not been investigated by Hamersly Library. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Spatial Coverage Monmouth, OR -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/11444 Title May Pole Winding Creator Undetermined Description One of the main attractions of the May Day event, female students in costumes consisting of long dresses and flowered headbands, wind the may pole located on the tennis courts outside of Maple Hall. The Queen's canopy sits to the left. Date 5/14/1921 0:00 Type Image; StillImage Identifier mayday/7 Source Agnes M. Anderson Collection (MSS 5) Rights Copyright Not Evaluated: As of 04/07/2020, the copyright for this item has not been investigated by Hamersly Library. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Spatial Coverage Monmouth, OR -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/11443 Title May Queen Procession Creator Undetermined Description May Queen Ruth Stover (center, of Wesier, Idaho) holds a bouquet of flowers and walks through a line of garlands as part of the May Queen's procession. A crowd of spectators watch through the trees surrounding the tennis courts outside of Maple Hall. Date 5/14/1921 0:00 Type Image; StillImage Identifier mayday/6 Source Agnes M. Anderson Collection (MSS 5) Rights Copyright Not Evaluated: As of 04/07/2020, the copyright for this item has not been investigated by Hamersly Library. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Spatial Coverage Monmouth, OR -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/11441 Title May Pole Winding Creator Undetermined Description Female students wind the may pole as part of the May Day afternoon festivities. Women wore long white dresses with a lace bottom and a sash ribbon around the waist. Spectators watch along the sidelines of the tennis court. Maple Hall is visible in the background. Also found in The 1921 Norm, page 90. Date 5/14/1921 0:00 Type Image; StillImage Identifier mayday/8 Source Agnes M. Anderson Collection (MSS 5) Rights Copyright Not Evaluated: As of 04/07/2020, the copyright for this item has not been investigated by Hamersly Library. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Spatial Coverage Monmouth, OR -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/11434 Title Senior Class Drill Creator Undetermined Description Female students dressed in harlequin costumes and large rubber balls perform in the senior class drills held on May Day on the tennis court platform. The May Queen canopy is in the background. Date 5/5/1923 0:00 Type Image; StillImage Identifier mayday/19 Source May Day Group Photographs Rights Copyright Not Evaluated: As of 04/07/2020, the copyright for this item has not been investigated by Hamersly Library. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Spatial Coverage Monmouth, OR -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/3562 Title Campus Tennis Courts Creator Undetermined Subject Buildings Campus Recreation New PE Building Sports Tennis Description The on-campus tennis courts, which are located across from the football stadium and next to Maple Hall, taken in the 1970s. These courts were dedicated to the ONS men who enlisted in World War I in May 6,1925. Digital .jpg (300 dpi, pixel dimensions- width: 1500, height: 1252) Date 1970~ Type Image; StillImage Identifier omeka/755 Rights Copyright Not Evaluated: As of 05/05/2020, the copyright for this item has not been investigated by Hamersly Library. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ Spatial Coverage United States--Oregon--Polk County--Monmouth -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/2950 Title Students on Bleachers Creator Undetermined Subject Students Western Oregon State College (WOSC) Description Seven students crowd together on bleachers to smile at the camera. One student holds a tennis racket while others hold up hands indicating the "Okay" hand gesture. Date 198u Type Image; StillImage Format Photograph as a jpg image (300 dpi, pixel dimensions- width: 2280, height: 1276) Identifier omeka/1775 Rights Copyright Not Evaluated: As of 04/21/2020, the copyright for this item has not been investigated by Hamersly Library. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ Spatial Coverage United States--Oregon--Polk County--Monmouth -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/2949 Title Female Students Playing Tennis Creator Undetermined Subject Students Tennis Tennis Courts Description Photograph shows the tennis courts on campus. In the left side of the photo, a female student jumps in the air holding her tennis racket high to hit a ball. Another female student stands with her back to the camera on the other side of the net in the right foreground of the photograph. A third female student stands further back on the tennis court on the right side of the image. In the background of the photo, pictured is the Smoke Stack, Maple Hall, and Todd Hall. Date 19uu Type Image; StillImage Format Photograph as a jpg image (300 dpi, pixel dimensions- width: 1500, height: 1083) Identifier omeka/1783 Rights Copyright Not Evaluated: As of 04/09/2020, the copyright for this item has not been investigated by Hamersly Library. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ Spatial Coverage United States--Oregon--Polk County--Monmouth -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/2455 Title Aerial View of Valsetz Dining Hall, Butler, Barnum, Gentle, and Landers Hall Creator Undetermined Subject Barnum Hall Butler Hall Gentle Hall Landers Hall Description Aerial View of Butler, Barnum, Gentle, and Landers Hall with view of Valsetz in the middle. The Vets Village is in the foreground along with the then new tennis courts (both since demolished.) Old ACC.RG.2012.601 Photographs/Buildings: Butler Hall Digital .jpg (300 dpi, pixel dimensions- width: 1500, height:1229) Date 1970 Type Image; StillImage Identifier omeka/1234 Rights Copyright Not Evaluated: As of 05/27/2020, the copyright for this item has not been investigated by Hamersly Library. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ Spatial Coverage United States--Oregon--Polk County--Monmouth -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/2407 Title People Play Tennis by the Old Grove, 1880's Creator Undetermined Subject Tennis Courts The Old Grove Description The Grove as seen from the 1880's with large trees and people playing tennis. Old ACC.RG.2012.604: Item 40 Digital .jpg (300 dpi, pixel dimensions- width: 1400, height:1125) Date 188u Type Image; StillImage Identifier omeka/1261 Rights No Copyright - United States: As of 05/27/2020, Hamersly Library believes this item is free of copyright under the laws of the United States. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Spatial Coverage United States--Oregon--Polk County--Monmouth -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/2404 Title Tennis Courts, Health And Wellness Center, and Devolder Science Center Creator Borling, Kalea Subject DeVolder Family Science Center Peter Courtney Health and Wellness Center (HWC) Tennis Courts Description The tennis courts with the Health and Wellness Center in the background. Partial view of the East wall of the DeVolder Family Science Center. Taken from the sidewalk. Photo courtesy of Western University Archives Digital .jpg (72 dpi, pixel dimensions- width: 1500, height:985) Date 2018 Type Image; StillImage Identifier omeka/1264 Rights Copyright Not Evaluated: As of 05/26/2020, the copyright for this item has not been investigated by Hamersly Library. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ Spatial Coverage United States--Oregon--Polk County--Monmouth -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/1956 Title Reverend John E. Murphy Memorial Creator Undetermined Subject Founders John E. Murphy Memorials Description Reverend John E. Murphy was the first minister of the Monmouth Christian Church. He was a founder of the university and collected money for the college as he rode from county to county as a circuit rider. He donated ten plots of land to the school in its beginning. The plaque is located in the triangle of trees formed by the tennis courts, Old Physical Education, and Bellamy Hall. Date 2018 Type Image; StillImage Format Digital photograph as a jpg image (96 dpi, pixel dimensions- width: 400, height: 301) Identifier omeka/1752 Rights Copyright Not Evaluated https://rightsstatements.org/page/CNE/1.0/ Spatial Coverage United States--Oregon--Polk County--Monmouth -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/1955 Title Millstones Creator Undetermined Subject Medis Vanderpool Millstones Settlers Description Located between the north tennis court and the northwest corner of the west wing of Bellamy Hall are two millstones. These stones stand in nearly the same place as they did when they were placed on a pedestal behind Campbell Hall in 1925. The millstones are there to commemorate the hardships and sacrifice of the people who first settled the Willamette Valley. The stones were made by a man named Medis Vanderpool, who used the millstones in one of his mills in the Parker district, southeast of Monmouth. Also on the pedestal is a plaque dedicating the tennis courts to the men of Oregon Normal School who enlisted for World War I. The plaque reads "During the early years of our nation's history millstones like these from the Vanderpool Mill in the Parker district of southeast Monmouth, ground grain for the white settlers." Date 1925-05 Type Image; StillImage Format Digital photograph as a jpg image (96 dpi, pixel dimensions- width: 400, height: 305) Identifier omeka/1755 Rights Copyright Not Evaluated https://rightsstatements.org/page/CNE/1.0/ Spatial Coverage United States--Oregon--Polk County--Monmouth -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/1954 Title World War I Memorial Plaque Creator Undetermined Subject Millstones Oregon Normal School (ONS) Plaque Tennis Courts WWI Description Beneath the millstones, located between the north tennis court and the northwest corner of the west wing of Bellamy Hall, is a plaque. The plaque dedicated the tennis courts to the memory of the men of Oregon Normal School who enlisted for World War I. The funding for the tennis courts was provided by "students, faculty, and friends of this institution." Date 5/6/1925 Type Image; StillImage Format Digital photograph as a jpg image (96 dpi, pixel dimensions- width: 300, height: 383) Identifier omeka/1756 Rights Copyright Not Evaluated https://rightsstatements.org/page/CNE/1.0/ Spatial Coverage United States--Oregon--Polk County--Monmouth -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/1857 Title Old and New Creator Gentry, Paul Subject Old PE (OPE) Paul Gentry Wood Engraving Print Description The north side of the Old Physical Education and the Health and Wellness buildings with tennis courts on the right and the Swimmers sculpture in the center. woodcut; Contemporary view. Located in Old PE. Digital .jpg (300 dpi, pixel dimensions- width: 1500, height:1225) Date 2013 Type Image; StillImage Identifier omeka/1491 Rights Copyright Not Evaluated: As of 06/08/2020, the copyright for this item has not been investigated by Hamersly Library. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ Spatial Coverage United States--Oregon--Polk County--Monmouth --