Physical education (Phys. Ed. or P.E.) is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning. Different schools may have different physical education programs and may incorporate various forms of activities such as drills and exercises, sports, stress-reduction techniques such as yoga and deep-breathing, health and nutrition lessons. However, in some schools, budgetary cuts have affected physical education classes, paring them down from three lessons a week to one or two.
Study author Ericsson Ingegerd of Malmo University led some Swedish researchers to follow more up than 200 schoolchildren, from first through third grade, for nine years. They divided the children into two groups. One group of children was assigned to an intervention group that received physical education five days a week. In addition, they had extra training in motor-physical skills such as balance and coordination. The other group of children was assigned to a control group that engaged in usual levels of physical education.
The study showed that students in the intervention group achieved better grades that made them eligible to advance to upper-secondary school, compared to the students in the control group.
This difference was more evident among boys in the intervention group who had significantly higher grades in Language (Swedish), English, Math, Physical Education and Health than those in the control group.
The researchers concluded that daily time-tabled physical education and adapted motor skills training not only improves the children’s motor skills but also enhances their school achievement.
Source:
Preidt, R. Physical Education Is Good for Kids’ Grades, Study Finds. MSN.
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