Preservice secondary subject teachers incorporating movement integration into classroom practice

Online physically active academic lessons in COVID-19 times: A pilot study

“…From these comments, we can see that the parents and teachers were surprised at the level of satisfaction among the students (for more comments, see Appendix C). This finding is consistent with previous studies, where teachers mention that the use of physically active academic lessons increase students’ motivation for learning ( Mavilidi et al, 2018 ; Romar et al, 2020 ).…”

“…One parent said “My son doesn't really like math, but he seemed excited about this Project and participated during class, asking questions and paying attention to the teacher ”. Physically active academic lessons promote and maintain student attention ( Routen, Johnston, Glazebrook, & Sherar, 2018 ), participation ( Romar et al, 2020 ; Routen et al, 2018 ), and reduce off-task behavior ( McGowan et al, 2020 ).…”

“…Having opportunities to collaborate is an important aspect of the students learning experience during homeschooling ( Yates et al, 2021 ). Together with the physically active academic lessons, such opportunities helped improve the social climate and group cohesion ( Romar et al, 2020 ).…”

“…Surprisingly, the parents were also not concerned about their children's performance. Third, the difficulty of getting students to concentrate at the end of the activity ( Gammon et al, 2019 ; Martin & Murtagh, 2017a ; Romar et al, 2020 ); this was probably countered somewhat by the support and presence of the parents during the activity, as well as by the students' own satisfaction.…”