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Movement For A Purpose: The Middle School Classroom And Student Engagement, Emily F. Chestnut
Movement For A Purpose: The Middle School Classroom And Student Engagement, Emily F. Chestnut
South Carolina Association for Middle Level Education Journal
When students reach adolescence, they begin to lose their excitement for learning and student behavior declines. Many students lose interest in their schoolwork because too many educators are still relying on the traditional classroom model. Research evidence reminds middle school educators why movement is an essential physical and emotional component of adolescent learning and development. The aim of this article is to remove the negative or stressful stigma many educators have about movement in the classroom and provide practical strategies to allow students to move each day.