Modifying Middle School Physical Education: Piloting Strategies to Increase Physical Activity
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Two pilot studies were conducted to examine whether 6th grade students can achieve moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) from 1) activity-based physical education (AB-PE) with 585 participants and 2) a curricular-based (CB-PE) program with 1,544 participants and randomly sampled heart rates during lessons. AB-PE participants spent between 54–66% with a heart rate >140 bpm. CB-PE participants spent between 49–58% with a heart rate >140 bpm. Girls’ mean heart rate was 3.7 bpm lower than the boys. PE can be readily modified so that students spend more than 50% of time in MVPA.
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Similar instructional practices formed a key part of the HEALTHY school-based intervention.
“Similar instructional practices formed a key part of the HEALTHY school-based intervention [94].”
From Framework for the design and delivery of organized physical activity sessions for children and adolescents: rationale and description of the ‘SAAFE’ teaching principles (2017) · cites this paper as [94]
The 2003 Activity-Based Study Methods describe teacher training in classroom management, grouping, supervision, and instructional cues. The General Discussion says these pilot strategies were formative work for a multicomponent diabetes-prevention intervention and were likely to be important, but it does not establish that they formed a key part of the HEALTHY intervention as implemented. (LLM, conf=0.83)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredIn controlled trials, multicomponent interventions focused on improving physical education in schools often increase the amount and/or intensity of physical activity during school hours.
“In controlled trials, such multicomponent interventions often increase the amount and/or intensity of physical activity during school hours.”
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- Authors
- Jago, R., McMurray, R. G., Bassin, S., Pyle, L., Bruecker, S., Jakicic, J. M., Moe, E., Murray, T., & Volpe, S. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Bristol (GB)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Venue
- Pediatric Exercise Science
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Published
- 2009-05
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 171-185
- ISSN
- 0899-8493 (ISSN-L)
- 1543-2920
- PMC
- PMC2705879
- OpenAlex
- W2163379666
- Cited by
- 67
- References
- 32
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- FWCI
- 3.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Pediatric Exercise Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
- UNC Libraries
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U01‐DK61230, U01DK061223, U01 DK61249, U01- DK61231, U01DK061230, U01-DK61223, U01DK061249, U01DK061231)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Physical Education and Pedagogy
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Physical Education and Training Studies
- Keywords
- middle school physical education, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, heart rate monitoring, sixth grade students, physical activity promotion
- MeSH terms
- Child, Curriculum, Female, Health Promotion, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Motor Activity, Physical Education and Training, Pilot Projects, Schools, Students, United States, Program Evaluation, Multivariate Analysis, Confidence Intervals, Program Development, Social Marketing
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