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The Impact of an Obstacle Course Sport Education Season on Students' Aerobic Fitness Levels
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Hastie, Peter A.; Sluder, J. Brandon; Buchanan, Alice M.; Wadsworth, Danielle D. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2009
A time-honored goal of physical education has been to improve children's fitness and health, particularly given increasing evidence that physical activity is associated with short- and long-term health benefits in youth. Given the need to find ways to help children achieve fitness goals, and that students tend to work harder and treat lessons more…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Research Design, Physical Education, Physical Activities
The Effects of a Non-Traditional Strength Training Program on the Health-Related Fitness Outcomes of Youth Strength Training Participants
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Cowan, Wendy; Foster, Byron – ICHPER-SD Journal of Research, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which a non-traditional strength training program will impact the health-related fitness of youth. Researchers hypothesized that the strengthening program would positively affect the fitness outcomes. Participant physical education classes incorporated strengthening exercises three days…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Health Related Fitness, Children
Alabama Course of Study. Physical Education. Bulletin 1981, No. 5.
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 1981
Guidelines for elementary and secondary school physical education are presented that conform to Alabama education laws and to competency statements prepared by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Physical education objectives are identified as developing and maintaining good health and physical fitness, acquiring…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Exercise
Health Curriculum Guide. Grade 3. Bulletin 1988, No. 51.
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 1988
This curriculum guide supplements the Alabama "Health Education Course of Study," which offers a comprehensive planned sequential curriculum for grades K-12. The largest section of the guide consists of classroom activities which are tied to specific student outcomes. A list of materials needed to carry out the activities is provided.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Dental Health, Exercise
Health Curriculum Guide. Grade 4. Bulletin 1988, No. 52.
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 1988
This curriculum guide supplements the Alabama "Health Education Course of Study," which offers a comprehensive planned sequential curriculum for grades K-12. The largest section of the guide consists of classroom activities which are tied to specific student outcomes. A list of materials needed to carry out the activities is provided.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Dental Health, Drug Education