Author : Rebecca Eve Allain
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (947 download)
Book Synopsis The Influence of Aerobic Capacity on Academic Achievement in Eighth Grade Students by : Rebecca Eve Allain
Download or read book The Influence of Aerobic Capacity on Academic Achievement in Eighth Grade Students written by Rebecca Eve Allain and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of the current study was to examine the influence of aerobic capacity on academic achievement among eighth grade students from a single school district in Connecticut. The independent variable was represented by the students’ aerobic capacity achieved on the PACER/Mile Run test of the Connecticut Physical Fitness Assessment (Group 1: Needs Improvement Zone; Group 2: Health Fitness Zone; Group 3: High Achieving Fitness Zone). The dependent variable was the mean score that students achieved on the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) for both mathematics and English language arts/literacy portions with a range of 1 (low academic achievement) to 4 (high academic achievement). A one-way independence group analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine the mean academic achievement score on each level of achieved