Student academic performance outcomes of a classroom physical activity intervention: A pilot study

International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 473-487

  Erwin, Heather ^a   Fedewa, Alicia ^a   Ahn, Soyeon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Child health; Curricular intervention; Curriculum based measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865120908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13079298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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