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    1) Physical activity improves academic performance by increasing blood flow, oxygen, and nerve connections in the brain which leads to increased attention, concentration, interest in class, and improved behavior and grades. 2) Movement-based teaching methods allow students to learn through physical activity like taking brain breaks or linking movements to words. 3) Recent studies found incorporating movement activities in classrooms boosts students' motivation, interest, and learning by helping them remember and retain content.

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    1) Physical activity improves academic performance by increasing blood flow, oxygen, and nerve connections in the brain which leads to increased attention, concentration, interest in class, and improved behavior and grades. 2) Movement-based teaching methods allow students to learn through physical activity like taking brain breaks or linking movements to words. 3) Recent studies found incorporating movement activities in classrooms boosts students' motivation, interest, and learning by helping them remember and retain content.

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    1) Physical activity improves academic performance by increasing blood flow, oxygen, and nerve connections in the brain which leads to increased attention, concentration, interest in class, and improved behavior and grades. 2) Movement-based teaching methods allow students to learn through physical activity like taking brain breaks or linking movements to words. 3) Recent studies found incorporating movement activities in classrooms boosts students' motivation, interest, and learning by helping them remember and retain content.

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    Physical Activity Improves Academic


    Performance

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    Benefits of Physical Activity

    Increased Attention & Improved Grades


    Concentration

    Increased Interest in Class Link Action or Movement to


    Words

    Improved Conduct Improved Memory


    Examples

    1) Many students are bodily-kinesthetic learners.


    2) They learn through their bodies when they move
    3) They fidget and squirm
    4) Help make movement into a positive learning force in your classroom
    5) Research has found movement strategies have a positive impact on all student
    populations including, students with learning disabilities (LD), emotional or behavioral
    disabilities (EBD), cognitive disability (CD), autism, and English Language Learners (ELL).

    Strategy #1: Strategy #2:

    Dancing to learn information Representing with actions

    When teaching students new Connect physical activity and interaction to


    information that must be what you are teaching. It can be as simple as
    memorized, adding movement placing a chair at the front of the class and
    repeating “stand up” while standing up.
    provides an additional source of
    1) Repeat the action and ask the students
    engagement.
    individually to repeat after you.
    2) Once they understand the instructions or
    For example: When teaching phrase, allow them to demonstrate.
    students how to skip count,
    teachers can use movement and For example: Physically act out vocabulary
    rhythm from the song words or have students clap out the syllables
    “Macarena” to help students in the names of their new vocabulary words.
    count “5,10,15,20” to the beat. This is a great strategy for helping kids
    remember long, multi-syllable words.

    References:

    Braniff, C. (2011). Perceptions of an Active Classroom: Exploration of Movement and Collaboration With Fourth Grade
    Students. Networks: An Online Journal For Teacher Research, 13(1), 1-6.
    James J. Asher, a., & Ben S. Price, a. (1967). The Learning Strategy of the Total Physical Response: Some Age Differences. Child
    Development, (4), 1219. doi:10.2307/1127119
    Lindt, S. F., & Miller, S. C. (2017). Movement and Learning in Elementary School. Phi Delta Kappan, 98(7), 34-37.
    Skoning, S. (2010). Dancing the Curriculum. Kappa Delta Pi Record, 46(4), 170-174.

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