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Yuchun Chen; Allie Mccreary; Tammie Stenger-Ramsey – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2024
Compared to their public-school peers, homeschool students are less physically active, perform worse in health-related physical fitness tests, and have poorer body composition status (Kabiri et al., 2017; Kabiri et al., 2020; Long et al., 2010; Tribby & Berrigan, 2021). The purpose of this study was to examine the impacts of an outdoor…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Outdoor Education, Physical Activity Level, Physical Fitness
McNeill, Debbie – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2016
Traditionally, the image of how people should look is in the process of changing. People are changing their views of what is healthy. Ideas are changing about what "healthy" looks like and are incorporating technology to manage health goals. The author makes it a point to maintain healthy food choices and healthy activities that will…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Physical Activity Level, Eating Habits, Physical Health
Lee, Victor R.; Drake, Joel – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2013
The introduction of sensor technologies to sports has allowed athletes to quantify and track their performance, adding an information-based layer to athletic practices. This information layer is particularly prevalent in practices involving formal competition and high levels of physical endurance, such as biking and running. We interviewed 20…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Data, Data Collection, Athletics
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Cinque, Chris – Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1987
No formal research has been conducted on the training effects and injury risks of all-terrain bicycles in mountain biking, but experience indicates they are apparently safe and may provide greater fitness benefits than traditional bicycles. The bicycles are described, and their apparent benefits are discussed. (MT)
Descriptors: Athletic Equipment, Bicycling, Outdoor Activities, Physical Fitness
Vail, Kathleen – American School Board Journal, 1999
Children who hate gym grow into adults who associate physical activity with ridicule and humiliation. Physical education is reinventing itself, stressing enjoyable activities that continue into adulthood: aerobic dance, weight training, fitness walking, mountain biking, hiking, inline skating, karate, rock-climbing, and canoeing. Cooperative,…
Descriptors: Aerobics, Cooperative Learning, Dance, Educational Change