The article discusses a call by Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer for England, for secondary schools to test students in fitness in response to what he says is a lack of physi...
A new study reveals that school fitness tests have little impact on student attitudes to PE—contrary to polarised views on their merits—and for many students, fitness testing during PE may be wasting valuable class time when used in isolation from the curriculum. The new research, led by sci...
The ways in which students make sense of the gendered fitness expectations found in a norm-referenced fitness testing program (i.e. President's challenge physical fitness test) were the focus of this study. Participants were 18 fifth grade students who completed fitness tests in their physical ...
Results: The results of the DF analysis suggested that reasoned influence (i.e., intentions of using fitness tests for students, perceived benefits, perceived self-efficacy, and overall attitudes) and resource enabling factors were found to predict if teachers implement fitness tests. No demographic...
Many schools use different types of fitness testing to measure fitness levels and evaluate the wellness of students. Explore more about types of fitness testing in schools, including fitness testing's potential for controversy and its use as a tool. ...
ICT Skills – Study concerning students from seventh to ninth grade in Viana do Castelo district The present study presents the results of an investigation within the scope of educational assessment. The main objective of this study is to assess the di... Manuel Trigueiro da Rocha,A. G. Muoz...
This NAD Teacher Convention 2006 presentation proposes a research project utilizing fitness test data for SDA students in SDA schools, and comparing the results with national public school results. Do our schools promote a fit lifestyle better, the same, or less effectively than public schools? Thi...
(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2005) ISBN 9780781741132 Watson A W S – Physical Fitness and Athletic Performance: A Guide for Students, Athletes and Coaches (Longman, 1996) ISBN 9780582091108 Journals American College of Sport Medicine's Health and Fitness Journal British Journal o...
A holistic school- based intervention for improving health-related knowledge, body composition, and fitness in elementary school students: an evaluation of ... RM Burke,A Meyer,C Kay,... - 《Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act》 被引量: 16发表: 2014年 Association of BMI and physical fitness level...
The relationship between physical fitness and academic achievement has received much attention owing to the increasing prevalence of children who are overweight and unfit, as well as the inescapable pressure on schools to produce students who meet academic standards. This study examined 259 public school...