It is common for college physical education students to ignore basic theory and emphasize practicality and skills. Based on the theory of planned behavior, this research investigates the attitudes of students majoring in physical education at Zhejiang Normal University to learning theory courses, and finds out the factors affecting the attitudes of students majoring in physical education to learning theory courses, so as to improve the teaching effect of theory courses and carry out theoretical teaching reforms. For reference, the study adopted a random sampling method to conduct a questionnaire survey of 201 students majoring in physical education at Zhejiang Normal University, and also conducted interviews with 24 students. The results of the study show that attitudes are composed of likeness and result evaluation, and can have a significant impact on students’ behavioral intentions. Different genders and professional theoretical course performance levels significantly affect students’ scores on the evaluation of course results, thus significantly affecting attitudes. Therefore, improving students’ evaluation of the results of learning theory courses is an effective means to improve students’ learning attitudes.
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