NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Eather, Narelle; Morgan, Philip J.; Lubans, David R. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Objective: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a school-based physical fitness intervention (Fit4Fun) on the physical fitness and physical activity (PA) levels of primary school children. Methods: A group-randomized controlled trial with a 3-month wait-list control group was conducted in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Physical Fitness, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gosper, Maree; Malfroy, Janne; McKenzie, Jo – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
The pace of technological change accompanied by an evolution in social, work-based and study behaviours and norms poses particular challenges for universities as they strive to develop high quality and sustainable technology-rich learning environments. Maintaining currency with the latest advances is resource intensive, hence the costs incurred in…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Expectation, Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Newhouse, Paul – Australian Educational Computing, 2010
This paper reports on one part of the first year of a three-year study into the feasibility of using digital technologies to represent the output from practical assessment tasks in senior secondary courses. The aim was to improve the alignment of assessment with pedagogy and curriculum. Students in seven classes studying the "Applied…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Computer Science Education, Secondary School Students, Student Evaluation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lapere, David Allen; Mummery, W. Kerry; Yates, Kevin – ACHPER Australia Healthy Lifestyles Journal, 2008
Adult workplace intervention programs to improve physical activity through wearing personal pedometers and completing team orientated "virtual journeys" have been shown to be useful in enhancing activity levels (Mummery, Schofield, Hinchliffe, Joyner, & Brown, 2006). Similar approaches applied to the school setting have also been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Elementary School Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach