Martin, R,Murtagh, EM

2015

November

Teaching And Teacher Education

Preliminary findings of Active Classrooms: An intervention to increase physical activity levels of primary school children during class time

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Physical activity Classroom Academic content Primary school Accelerometer BEHAVIOR-CHANGE INTERVENTIONS RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR ACADEMIC LESSONS AGED CHILDREN LIFE-STYLE HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM ADOLESCENTS

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This study evaluates the effects of a behaviour change intervention, which encourages the integration of physical activity into the teaching of academic lessons, on physical activity levels of students. The main outcome is mean minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) daily generated during the intervention lessons. Teacher's perceptions and students' enjoyment of the programme were also evaluated. Students accumulated a mean of 8 min MVPA during the intervention lessons daily. The teacher and students were very satisfied with the programme. Therefore, changing teacher behaviour towards using physically active teaching methods is a promising way of increasing children's physical activity levels. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

10.1016/j.tate.2015.09.007