Motor skills and school performance in children with daily physical education in school - a 9-year intervention study

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 273-278

  Ericsson, I ^a   Karlsson, M K ^b  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Compulsory school; Grading; Learning; Motor skills training; MUGI observation checklist; Physical activity; Pupil; Upper secondary school

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPULSORY SCHOOL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GRADING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SKILLS TRAINING; MUGI OBSERVATION CHECKLIST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUPIL; SWEDEN; TIME; UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL;

COMPULSORY SCHOOL; GRADING; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS TRAINING; MUGI OBSERVATION CHECKLIST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUPIL; UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84896391604     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2012.01458.x     Document Type: Article

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