One of them is the fact that many schools have taken out recess and/or physical education. The National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) (2008), state that children typically spend an average of 6.64 hours in school a day for an average of 180 days a year. This does not include homework or studying the child may have to do after school hours. Ridgway, Northup, Pellegrin, LaRue, & Hightsoe (2003) stated in their study that some schools see recess and/or physical education as too costly, other schools said that kids were being reported as too violent during recess, and some schools have even reported feeling pressured to focus more on raising grades by replacing recess and/or physical education by having longer class lecture times. Whatever the reason may be, a decline in physical activity is occurring more and more and it is hard to pin point if it is due to this lack of physical activity in
One of them is the fact that many schools have taken out recess and/or physical education. The National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) (2008), state that children typically spend an average of 6.64 hours in school a day for an average of 180 days a year. This does not include homework or studying the child may have to do after school hours. Ridgway, Northup, Pellegrin, LaRue, & Hightsoe (2003) stated in their study that some schools see recess and/or physical education as too costly, other schools said that kids were being reported as too violent during recess, and some schools have even reported feeling pressured to focus more on raising grades by replacing recess and/or physical education by having longer class lecture times. Whatever the reason may be, a decline in physical activity is occurring more and more and it is hard to pin point if it is due to this lack of physical activity in