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The objective of this study was to examine the effects of dance class on elementary students’ physical self-efficacy, using the method of Motif writing. For this study, the researcher selected 60 students from two sixth‐grade classes at "Y" Elementary School in Incheon Metropolitan City. Two classes were used; one as the experimental group, and the second one as the control group. The experimental group was subjected to 14 dance classes using Motif Writing, with 40 minutes spent in each class. Classes were held twice a week for 7 weeks. Surveys were conducted before and after the dance classes using a questionnaire on physical self‐efficacy with proved reliability and validity. Collected data were analyzed through t-tests. The results of this study were as follows: First, according to the results of a pre-test of the experimental group and the control group before the application of the dance class using Motif Writing, no statistically significant difference was observed in the sub-factors of physical self-efficacy (p>.05). The experimental group and the control group had similar levels of physical self-efficacy. Second, the control group did not show any significant difference in the sub-factors of physical self efficacy (p>.05). Third, the experimental group showed statistically significant difference between the scores of the pre-test and the post-test for all the sub-factors of physical self-efficacy (p<.05) The experimental group showed statistically significant difference in the score of physical self-efficacy from the control group (p<.05). These results proved that the dance class using Motif Writing has a positive effect on elementary school students’ physical self-efficacy.