Variability of physical activity during physical education lessons across elementary school grades

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 207-218

  Levin, Sarah ^a   McKenzie, Thomas L ^b   Hussey, James R ^a   Kelder, Steven H ^c   Lytle, Leslie A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Physical activity; Physical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035160089     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327841MPEE0504_02     Document Type: Article

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