ERIC Number: EJ966055
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Jun
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-0270-1367
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Heart Rates of Elementary Physical Education Students during the Dancing Classrooms Program
Nelson, Larry; Evans, Melissa; Guess, Wendy; Morris, Mary; Olson, Terry; Buckwalter, John
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, v82 n2 p256-263 Jun 2011
We examined how different types of dance activities, along with their duration, influenced heart rate responses among fifth-grade physical education students (N = 96) who participated in the Dancing Classrooms program. Results indicated that the overall Dancing Classrooms program elicits a moderate cardiovascular heart rate response (M = 124.4 bpm), in which 47% of class time was spent above a 60% maximal heart rate threshold. The swing dance in particular (M = 143.4 bpm) stimulated a much higher heart rate level than all other dances in the program, with a mean heart rate change of 52.6 bpm. Girls (127.3 bpm) achieved marginally higher heart rates (p = 0.059) than boys (121.1 bpm). (Contains 3 figures and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Metabolism, Physical Education, Dance, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Dance Education, Gender Differences, Program Descriptions, Measurement, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5
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Language: English
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