Physical education and school contextual factors relating to students’ achievement and cross-grade differences in aerobic fitness and obesity

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 81, Issue , 2010, Pages S53-S64

  Zhu, Weimo ^a   Boiarskaia, Elena A ^a   Welk, Gregory J ^b   Meredith, Marilu D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cooper Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Criterion related difference; School effects; School physical education program and policy; Youth fitness

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 77956996487     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2010.10599694     Document Type: Article

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