Use Of Pedometers Increase Student Motivation For Physical Activity Among 4th Grade Students

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A research plan is intended to encourage others that you have a valuable research assignment and that you have the intelligence to see it though. A research plan should include all the essentials in the research method and contain enough information for the reader to assess the proposed subject. Your research and the method you prefer, the research must address the following questions: What you plan to achieve, why you desire to do it and how you are going to do it. The plan should have enough details to persuade the reader that you have a solid research plan; you have an understanding of the important information and that your approach is sound. The value of your research plan depends not just on the quality of your assignment, but also on the quality of your research plan. A good research assignment could be subject to scrutiny or rejection just because the plan is not written well. This motivates me to develop a research plan that is logical, understandable, and convincing. This paper focuses on proposal writing rather than on the development of research

A. What was studied? (theoretical framework) The time allocation for physical education school-based physical activity is often replaced with other classes in an effort to increase children’s academic performance. However, a growing body of literature suggests that physical activity either had no effect on academic performance or that it enhanced it..

Although the effect that teachers and athletes have on a child’s motivation to partake in physical activity is yet to be studied, it has been

One such tool that began to be used in the measurement of activity levels was the pedometer. This measuring device is best for measuring ambulatory activity and was demonstrated to be a decent tool for this sake. A study of physical activity in American adults wanted to test how useful pedometers could be by evaluating participants on health and activity levels and recording the steps accumulated over 2 days of pedometer use (Bassett et al., 2010). This study found that U.S. adults averaged about 5000 steps per day, men averaging slightly higher than women and step counts declining with age. They also found that, along with being a useful tool for measuring ambulatory physical activity, pedometers encouraged participants to move more. However,

I had similar challenges. I also had problems finding research on the problem I am addressing, not only had difficulties on finding peer reviewed articles, but I did not find anything relate to my question at ACE library. Likely, my son is going to San Diego State University and I was successful. I am a physical education teacher, and students usually do not like to run the mile even when they are capable, so I think part of the problem is that the students are not motivated. On my research I am trying to prove that if the students take their heart rate before and after the mile will increase their motivation and as result improve their mile time. Most the research I found was about checking heart rate as a way to show exercise intensity

In A Comparison of Children’s Physical Activity Levels in Physical Education, Recess, and Exergaming, the authors compare activity levels of children while participating in physical education class, recess, and exergaming programs. One hundred forty, first and second graders activity levels were assessed using accelerometers. Each week the children participated in three, thirty-minute physical education classes and two exergaming sessions lasting thirty minutes. The children also participated in daily, twenty-minute recess sessions after lunch. Results indicate that children “had the highest sedentary time in PE, followed by recess, and then exergaming.” (Gao, 2015). The results of the study indicate, “PE was the least effective school-based

Systematic reviews have suggested that those under the age of 18 years of age should have at least 60 minutes/day of physical activity in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle (Janssen & LeBlanc, 2010). As emphasized before, exercise should and may be incorporated whenever possible. Curriculums with physical education included may optimize what is already present, such as breaks between classes and programs that can be offered before or after school. Naperville, Illinois created an exercise model in which P.E. classes were scheduled before academic classes to give the children a boost and to create an enhanced state of attention (Ratey, 2009). These P.E. classes focused on the individual student’s fitness abilities and encouraged students to increase their heart rate by 80 to 90 percent, monitored by a heart monitor, at their own ideal pace. Exercising before the hardest classes allowed the students to relax and to clear their mind, so as to be able to focus on the next subject fully. Naperville’s model proved to be successful, and showed that a class of 230,000 eighth-grade students finished first in science in the world, and sixth in mathematics on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 1999 (Ratey, 2009). Not only that, 3 percent of an entire sophomore

However, fewer studies have looked at intervention sources. The finding that teacher led physical activity is as effective as external curriculum in increasing student physical activity through activity breaks is consistent with Bershwinger & Brusseau’s (2013) findings which measured increase in activity through pedometers.17

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Introduction/Background: The use of accelerometers and pedometers are highly associated with increases in the amount of physical activity that is performed by an individual. Setting a step goal ranging from 2,000-10,000 steps, depending on the individual, seems to be a motivational factor for increasing the amount of daily physical activity (Bravata, Smith-Spangler, Sundararm, Gienger et. al., 2007). Those individuals who work in a white collar job setting may be unaware of the lack of physical activity being performed daily due to their job environment. Accelerometers and pedometers help gage the amount of physical activity that is being performed, whether it is walking through

After examining activity tracking devices, the benefits of tracking technology and strategies for the use of tracking devices in physical education, it appears the use of this technology in class will increase student engagement and the likelihood that students will use the fitness tracking technology in the future. The in-class step tracking and at-home food and activity analysis strategies will provide information to me and the students during the study. This chapter will include a description of the participants and the setting chosen for the study. It will detail qualitative, quantitative and inquiry data methods of data collection. The data collection tools for observations, student and school generated artifacts and pre and post study

Regular physical exercise is key to maintain and regain physical health (Weinberg and Gould 2006). It offers cardiovascular fitness benefits and reduces the risk of obesity (Haskell et al. 2007). Additionally, physical exercise also boosts cognitive abilities and contributes to emotional and social well being (Deslandes et al. 2009; Tomporowski 2003). Despite knowing these benefits, people who regularly exercise are significantly low (Pate et al. 2002; Miller 2002) and those who do exercise only partially achieve recommended levels of physical activity (Colley et al. 2011). As a result, health remains at a risk especially among teenagers (Pate et al. 2002). Fortunately, recent research suggests that personal informatics tools that increase awareness about physical activity can motivate physical activity among people (Maitland et al. 2006; Bravata et al. 2007; Tudor-Locke et al. 2004). These are set of tools that capture physiological responses and behavior such as heart rate and everyday movements through body worn sensors (also called as activity trackers) and provide users with opportunity to monitor and reflect on their physical activity levels (Li et al. 2010). For example, heart rate monitors inform users about their exercise intensity by measuring the heart rate during physical activity while pedometers like Fitbit captures

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According to a recent Huffington Post article, pedometers are an effective motivational tool that encourages individuals to become more active. During the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, it was demonstrated that using a pedometer "with fewer hours sitting, more time spent being active and weight loss;" furthermore, pedometer use is also linked to blood pressure and weight loss benefits ("Pedometer Use Linked With More Physical Activity, Less Sitting"). On average, it is estimated that pedometer uses lost an average weight of 2.5 pounds per week. According to Catrine Tudor-Locke, the director of the Walking Behavior Laboratory at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, states, "[Pedometers] provide ready, real-time data so you can make decision about how you're going to spend the rest of your day and make adjustments as needed" ("Pedometer Use Linked With More Physical Activity, Less Sitting").