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Mark A. Banks – ProQuest LLC, 2022
It is estimated that less than 20% of young people worldwide are receiving the recommended 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per day (Riley, Lubans, Holmes, & Morgan, 2014). Delaware and many other states around the country use FITNESSGRAM to assess students' overall physical fitness. The FITNESSGRAM® is a physical…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Physical Education, Program Implementation, Intervention
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Kern, Ben D.; Imagbe, Stacy; Bellar, David; Clemons, James – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2020
To promote student "physical literacy," physical educators must teach and assess health-related fitness content knowledge (HRFK) and model healthy lifestyles. Individual HRFK is associated with lifetime physical activity (PA) and each may precede/predict both teaching and assessing of student HRFK. Purpose: The purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Physical Education Teachers
Vail, Kathleen – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2006
The fields of academics and physical education used to exist in two separate universes. However, these days, the demarcation between mind and body, between academic education and physical education, is wavering. Physical educators in school such as North Laurel Elementary School in Laurel, Delaware are adding academic elements to their lessons. In…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Grades (Scholastic), Physical Activities