scholarly journals Social support and physical activity level of elementary school students

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Živan Milošević ◽  
Tatjana Tubić
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Physical Activity Level ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
School Students

scholarly journals Is the association between unhealthy weight and academic performance influenced by children’s physical activity level?

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 252
Author(s):  
Carla Santana ◽  
Liane Azevedo ◽  
Lisianny Ferreira ◽  
Pedro Neves ◽  
Edna Prado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Physical Activity Level ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Font Size ◽  
School Students ◽  
Unhealthy Weight

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 200%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: ";Times New Roman";,serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">The purpose of this study was to verify the association between unhealthy weight and academic performance and the influence of physical activity level (PAL) in elementary school children. This study was conducted with 450 elementary school students (50% girls) enrolled in 1<sup>st</sup> to 4<sup>th</sup> grades. PAL was assessed by self-reported questionnaire of typical physical activity and daily food intake (DAFA). </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: ";Times New Roman";,serif; mso-fareast-font-family: ";Arial Unicode MS";; mso-hansi-font-family: ";Arial Unicode MS";; mso-bidi-font-family: ";Times New Roman";; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Academic achievement (Portuguese and Mathematics) was </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: ";Times New Roman";,serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">estimated based on the academic performance system of public schools from Recife/Brazil. Binary logistic regression was used to verify the association between unhealthy weight (underweight and overweight) and normal weight with academic performance. The results showed that 26.6% of the students presented overweight, 11.1% presented underweight, 49.1% and 50.9% were classified as high and low PAL, respectively. In addition, 56.9% had sufficient academic performance in Portuguese and 51.1% had sufficient academic performance in Mathematics. Students with overweight presented higher <em>odds</em> for insufficient  performance in Portuguese when compared to normal weight counterparts, even when adjusted for reported PAL, gender and age (OR = 1.69; 95%CI: 1.08-2.64). The results corroborate with evidences that unhealthy weight is associated with poor academic performance in children.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: ";Times New Roman";,serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"></span></p>

scholarly journals THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FUN FISHING TO TEACH SPEAKING FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Robekka Risten Fransiska Sinaga ◽  
Lulud Oktaviani
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Short Attention Span ◽  
Learning English

To produce competitive students that ready to face the trend of language learning in English as a foreign language, especially speaking skills, teachers should be ready to develop good planning in the teaching process. It can be in the form of strategies that can motivate students in the learning process. Moreover, in teaching elementary school students, teachers should be more creative to encourage students’ motivation in speaking by using attractive teaching media which involves physical activity because young learners usually only have a short attention span. By using teaching media, students will learn a language in such attractive and fun ways. Thus, the researchers want to see the use of Fun Fishing in teaching speaking at one of the Elementary Schools in Lampung to encourage students in learning English. This research used a qualitative method since it disclosed how to implement Fun Fishing media in an Elementary School in Lampung. As a result, the students were divided into four groups consisted of 2-3 members and learned English which involved physical activity. To sum up, using this media in learning English can motivate students to speak in English and make teaching and learning become more fun because they did physical activity.

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