Open AccessPhysical Education and Academic Achievement in Elementary School: Data From the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
Author(s) -
Susan A. Carlson,
Janet E. Fulton,
Sarah M. Lee,
L. Michele Maynard,
David R. Brown,
Harold W. Kohl,
William H. Dietz
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.117176
Subject(s) - academic achievement , longitudinal study , psychology , reading (process) , physical education , referent , mathematics education , association (psychology) , developmental psychology , affect (linguistics) , early childhood , sample (material) , medicine , chemistry , communication , pathology , chromatography , political science , law , psychotherapist , linguistics , philosophy
We examined the association between time spent in physical education and academic achievement in a longitudinal study of students in kindergarten through fifth grade.