Preschoolers' time on-task and physical activity during a classroom activity break

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 160-167

  Webster, E Kipling ^a   Wadsworth, Danielle D ^b   Robinson, Leah E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Attention; Classroom based; School based exercise

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; TIME;

ACCELEROMETRY; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84926616376     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.2014-0006     Document Type: Article

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