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ERIC Number: EJ1234841
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0892-4562
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Strategies for Connecting Activities in Physical Education and the Classroom
Cosgrove, Brenna; Richards, Jessica
Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, v32 n6 p3-8 2019
Research has discovered a link between physical activity and learning, where students who are more physically active and fit perform better in the classroom. Since most classroom settings are sedentary in nature, physical education is an ideal environment to connect physical activity and classroom content (i.e. math, English language arts, science, social studies). Despite these points, physical education often represents a marginalized position compared to other subject areas as a result of the emphasis on standardized testing. Integration of physical education and classroom content has been done successfully in the past, and this article intends to describe additional examples of integration. Specifically, the authors have developed four integrated activity templates. These templates were intentionally designed to allow teachers to connect any physical education content with any classroom content. The four templates have been named (1) If -- Then, (2) Knowledge Tag, (3) Out and Back, and (4) Dice Roll and Solve. Descriptions of each activity template along with examples are included. Through meaningful integration, students can improve their performance across all school subjects while physical education teachers can improve their status within the school.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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