Publicaties
Participation and physical activity in organized recess tied to physical education in elementary schools: An interventional study KU Leuven
Maintaining physical activity habits is important for long-term health benefits. Many children do not achieve the World Health Organization (WHO) benchmark of 60 min Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA) daily. Comprehensive school physical activity programs (CSPAP) target all opportunities at school for children to be physically active. The purpose of this intervention study was to investigate boys' and girls' voluntary participation ...
The Role of Content Knowledge in Influencing Student Physical Activity, On-Task Behavior, and Skill Performance KU Leuven
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the impact of interventions aimed at improving teacher's content knowledge on students' MVPA, on-task behavior, and skill performance. Differences between treatment and comparison groups were further examined by skill level and gender. Method: We conducted a retroactive analysis of teacher and student data from two randomly controlled trials and one well-controlled quasi-experimental trial ...
Generalization From Physical Education to Recess During an Elementary Sport Education Season KU Leuven
Purpose: Our purpose was to investigate the effect of generalization of participation in parkour from physical education classes to organized parkour recess. Methods: A total of 143 (64 girls and 79 boys) third-grade elementary school children received a 12- lesson parkour sport education season in physical education. Voluntary participation in five organized parkour recess sessions was investigated. Moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) ...
Want a Positive Management System? Try a Token Economy KU Leuven
Teachers who want an effective and well-used motivating strategy to increase appropriate behaviors, academic skills and having fun in class might consider using a token economy. Token economies are strategies in which students earn reinforcers for learning and demonstrating appropriate behaviors while at the same time decreasing inappropriate behaviors. Our goal in writing this article is to (a) discuss a situation in which a token economy can ...