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Key word: Physical education, Primary school

lntroduction

There is some limited evidence that

lh.vsical educaiioa can icciease a sfi-rdefli's

:lcacieilic pedormance Reseaicher:;

:ronitorerl nearii' 55(-\ piirnary school

srulcllts il Tiois Rivisres' Ontario' Canada'

flte stri.lcnls aii recci.'er] all exlra fivr: hctiis

.li pln,srcal edur:ation a treel< At tht erld of

ihL' stud)/, tirese childr:n ilad consislentlr'

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thc extra ph.vsicai activity Perhaps ihe mLrst

r:ltetestlng element of this case was thai th'

sruelents who received the extla physical

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education actually recelved less classroom

rnstruction becar-rse the addirional activity

rir re was tal<etr ltnm Iireil lilne 'p(')' ::l

academic pursults (Shepard, et a1, 19E0).

accorcling to Uriiteci Nations Edlcaliotlai'

Scientitlc and Cultural (lrshtrization

(l-lNE SCO) (2005). n'.lr nerour: s';udlc-s sh ov

that rr4ren ph,vsical activity ls increased in

scirools, grades.lo not rlrop lrr some cases

the\ Jcnr.ll' lflp o\' . II ci:e' a comF'lrisun

ot cl'i,dren ull,' exerci:cd r{)r fi\c or morc

hours week rvith a group of chridren who

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