Physical activity and learning after school : the PAL program / edited by Paula J. Schwanenflugel, Phillip D. Tomporowski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schwanenflugel, Paula J., editor.

Tomporowski, Phillip D., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

After-school programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; London, [England] : The Guilford Press, 2018.

Summary:

Every school day, more than 10 million children attend after-school programs in the United States.This book provides a research-based blueprint for offering students in grades 1-5 innovative programming that combines intensive physical activity and social-emotional skills development with academic enrichment in reading, mathematics, and social.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

About the Editors

Contributors

Contents

1. The Physical Activity and Learning Program and the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Initiative

2. Understanding After-School Programming for Elementary School Children

3. The Importance of Process Evaluation for After-School Programs

4. The Development of Physical Activity Games: Theory and Research Overview

5. The PAL Physical Activity Games Program in an Experimental After-School Setting

6. The Challenges Struggling Learners Face in Mathematics

7. The PAL Mathematics Enrichment Program and Challenges in the After-School Setting

8. Reading Fluency Practice as Reading Enrichment in After-School Literacy Programming

9. Improving Informational Text Literacy: Using Social Studies Education Theory to Promote Social Studies Literacy After School

10. The PAL Reading Enrichment Program in an Experimental After-School Setting

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4625-3272-1

OCLC:

1007842152