Outcomes and process evaluation of a programme integrating physical activity into the primary school mathematics curriculum: The EASY Minds pilot randomised controlled trial

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 656-661

  Riley, Nicholas ^a,b   Lubans, David R ^a,b   Morgan, Philip J ^a,b   Young, Myles ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Integration; Mathematics; On task behaviour; Physical activity; Primary school

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICS; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SITTING; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEACHER; ACCELEROMETRY; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCELEROMETRY; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84943452966     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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