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Daily Physical Education as an Academic and Behavioral Intervention

SHAPE America

However, Spooner Middle School — located in the Northwoods of Wisconsin – is finding success by getting students away from their screens and taking them outdoors for fresh air and exercise. Half the students went out for daily exercise (such as biking), while a control group received traditional computer-based interventions.

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Movement Matters: 5 Ways Physical Activity Improves Student Behavior

SHAPE America

It supports students’ academic achievement, mental health and overall well-being. Once a week during their lunch period, the students joined me in the school gym for exercise. Ever heard of exercise deficiency disorder? That means more than 75% of the population is exercise deficient. Physical activity improves mood.

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Fitness Through Play: How to Reimagine Physical Education for Lifelong Wellness

SHAPE America

Can play be exercise? Does exercise have to be associated with a negative connotation to be effective? Applies the principles of exercise in a variety of self-selected lifetime physical activities. Traditional approaches in physical education can lack joy, choice and relevance to students lives. Grades 9-12 2.12.7

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School sport participation

Learning Through Sport

Wretman (2017) found participation in school sport had a significant standardised effect on academic achievement. School sport and academic achievement. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise , 54 (2), 299-306. School sports participation and academic achievement in middle and high school. Keane, F., &

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What is TRIMP? How Sports Teams Use It to Optimize Training

First Beat

Originally developed by Dr. Eric Banister in 1991, TRIMP integrates exercise duration and intensity to provide a single numerical value that represents the physiological stress of a workout. One important consideration when interpreting TRIMP data is that the same score can be achieved in a variety of ways.

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Balancing Whole Athlete Development with Talent Development

MSU

Achievement goal theories in sport. Journal of sport and exercise psychology , 31 (1), 97-117. Youth sport programs: An avenue to foster positive youth development. Physical education & sport pedagogy , 10 (1), 19-40. Harwood, C., M., & Keegan, R. Martindale, R. Collins, D., McNeill, M., Sproule, J., & Westbury, T.

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Meaningful physical education programs and a 'main theme' curriculum model

Learning Through Sport

No program can achieve all that is possible or ambitioned for physical education as physical education programs have limited time (see for more discussion the last blog). Gallahue, 1996) is designed around individual student's developmental needs rather than achievement of content-specific goals. Developmental physical education (DPE).