298 Children's Fitness, Skills and Attitudes

Thursday, April 3, 2014: 11:45 AM-12:45 PM
Convention Center: 125–126
Research: N/A
Intended Audience: Post Secondary Instructor/Faculty
Presider: Samuel W. Logan, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
This session features oral presentation of research studies that explore children's fitness, skills and attitudes from various perspectives.
Associations Among Elementary Children's Motor Skills, Fitness and Physical Activity
Zan Gao, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, David Stodden, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC and Du Feng, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Physical Fitness Across Weight Categories Among Children and Young Adolescents
Han Chen, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, Lynn Housner, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV and Yong Gao, Boise State University, Boise, ID
The Effect of Vigorous Intensity Physical Activity on Children's Cognition
David S. Phillips, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, James C. Hannon, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Darla Castelli, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Elementary School Students' Self-Determination and Attitudes Toward Physical Activity
Chen Weiyun Chen, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Yi Guo, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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