References: Physical Activity & Recess

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References

Bershwinger, T., & Brusseau, T. A. (2013). The impact of classroom activity breaks on the school-day physical activity of rural children. International Journal of Exercise Science, 6(2), 134-143.

Castelli, D. M., Centeio, E. E., Hwang, J., Barcelona, J. M., Glowacki, E. M., Calvert, H. G., & Nicksic, H. M. (2014). The history of physical activity and academic performance research: informing the future. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 79(4), 119-148.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2010). The association between school based physical activity, including physical education, and academic performance. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services.

De Freitas, E., & Sinclair, N. (2014). Mathematics and the body: Material entanglements in the classroom. USA: Cambridge University Press.

Donnelly, J. E., & Lambourne, K. (2011). Classroom-based physical activity, cognition, and academic achievement. Preventive Medicine, 52, S36-S42.

Jensen, E. (2005). Teaching with the brain in mind, 2nd edition. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Opprezzo, M., & Schwartz, D.L. (2014). Give your ideas some legs: The positive effect of walking on creative thinking. The Journal of Experimental Psychology, 40(4), 1142-1152.

Taras, H. (2005). Physical activity and student performance at school. Journal of School Health, 75(6), 214-218.