Guide students in organized activities during recess and improve the recess play yard to raise physical activity, especially for girls¶

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Description¶

The article recommends school-based recess programs that structure student activity and improve the play yard as a route to increasing children's physical activity. It states that programs that "guide students in organized activities during recess and make improvements to the recess play yard might lead to significant increases in physical activity—especially for girls." The recommendation is grounded in the randomized Playworks evaluation, whose benefits appeared for girls but not for boys on accelerometer measures.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A school-based program that guides students in organized activities during recess and makes improvements to the recess play yard

Constraints¶

• In the supporting trial, significant accelerometer-based increases were found for girls but not for boys

Target Learners¶

• elementary school students at recess

Target Learning Goals¶

• increasing physical activity during recess

Related Strategies¶

• Safe and Healthy Elementary School Recess
• Playworks TeamUp Recess Program

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Martha Bleeker, Nicholas Beyler, Susanne James-Burdumy, Jane Fortson. (2015). The Impact of Playworks on Boys' and Girls' Physical Activity During Recess. Journal of School Health, vol. 85, no. 3. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/the-impact-of-playworks-on-boys-and-girls-physical-activity-during-recess