Exercise is a healthy approach to life, a hobby in varied forms, a must for a physically fit lifestyle, but also a necessity for a sharp mind and emotional stability? Physical activity promotes not only what the eyes see, but also what is felt inside. School, health administrators, and even mothers have preached the importance of exercise to our body. However, the real benefit is reaped through the most complex organ, the brain. With an organ that’s constantly at work, exercise increases the executive function, blood flow, and chemical secretion creating a euphoric experience. Exercise is the gateway to an enlightenment of a self-sustaining emotional benefaction.…
Not only is physical activity involved in the physical development of a child but it helps to promote a better lifestyle. It is said that children who are involved in sufficient active play in a day are more likely to get to sleep more easily and will probably sleep for longer periods.…
Daily physical education has been found to increase kid’s abilities to learn and focus. Over 50 studies have confirmed the following academic benefits of physical education:…
Physical development is concerned with the biological changes of the body and the brain. It includes genetics, a foetus’s growth in the mother’s womb, the birth process, brain development and the acquisition of fine motor skills; it also encompasses behaviours that promote and impede health and environmental factors that influence physical growth. (McDevitt & Ormrod, 2010, p. 5). I have chosen to evaluate the physical developmental stage of middle childhood, children the ages of six to ten years of age. This essay discusses the considerations for physical development and how it can be supported in the learning environment. It will look at motor development and its influences, the benefits of physical activity, and the consequences of inactivity. How a student’s physical development can facilitate or restrict development in other areas, and how we can support the physical needs and development of students.…
There had always been theories suggesting a relationship between exercise and mental health but until recently there were no studies scientific backing to support this claim. However in 1997 a Meta-Analysis by a group of psychologists showed that there exist a correlation between exercise and cognition. The series of studies had shown that although short periods of exercise did not have a meaningful impact prolonged periods of exercise showed improvement in cognitive abilities. They concluded that there is a positive relationship between physical fitness and mental health. Etnier, Jennifer L., Han, Myungwoo, Landers, Daniel M., Nowell, Priscilla, Petruzzello, Steven J. (1997).…
For decades, a lot of emphases have been put on certain aspects of intelligence such as logical reasoning, math skills, spatial skills, understanding analogies, verbal skills, etc. Researchers were puzzled that while IQ could predict to a significant degree of academic performance and to some degree, professional and personal success, there was something missing in the…
In addition to healthy affects for the body, physical education can also has a positive effect on a person mentally. Often times, students, particularly in their adolescent years, face various kinds of pressure and experience stress and anxiety. Participation in physical activities can act as a stress buster for them. Researches have shown that when a person exercises, the levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, get reduced. stress. Taking a P.E. class can help relieve stress from home or from school work. Most students would agree that P.E. is needed for the mental break from memorizing formulas, remembering dates, and…
This essay will explore the areas of children’s development. The age groups which will be discussed within it are children from the ages of two too six years of age and children from the age of six too eleven years of age. The areas of development which will be covered are physical, intellectual, skill and psychological. The author will then conclude by making reference to the effect on physical activity for children and why it can influence them for the rest of their lives.…
v. Brain function is higher in children with higher fitness levels as measured by an fMRI (Chaddock et al., 2012, “A functional MRI”, pg. 265).…
Exercise interacts on the physical health of people in late adulthood in countless ways. Past research has demonstrated that there is a correlation between…
Do sports make athletes smarter or dumber? Stereotypes always put the "jocks" as not so smart popular people, but in reality, studies have shown that most students who participate in physical activities have greater academic success than most who don't.…
I do feel exercise does and could make kids smarter. This article is mainly about scientist testing kids and animals to see how they react and their knowledge after exercising for certain amounts of time. In the article they prove scientifically that exercise has no real change on I.Q. and intelligence levels. Then they tested it and then made the pets and animals run some kind of test and instantly they scored went up just a little at least. Exercise I think just gets your mind working and thinking and that’s all that helps the scores. In my life I feel that when I get up a little early and do some quick activities my brain and mind are ready to think for the rest of the day. So I…
In the beginning the author says the brain is a muscle, intelligence is more complex than labeling someone as smart or dumb. It is emphasized that though exercise, the brain will get stronger, just as someone who consistently works out might. In other words, intelligence is something that can be developed by working out the brain. Practicing, using good strategies,and receiving help from others, improves one's own ability to think.…
Exercise is planned, structured, repetitive, and purposive in the sense that a development or continuation of physical fitness is an objective. Exercise provides many effects on the human organism. Two of the different types of factors that exercise affects are the physiology of the human body and one’s physical fitness. Exercise affects the physiology of a human being in so many ways that deal with the many organ systems within the body. The physical fitness factor is also affected by exercise because exercise is a subcategory of physical activity. How efficient the exercise of a human is will determine how quality of a physical fitness that human will possess. The factors that exercise effects on the human organism vary from physiological factors within the human’s body as well as the human’s physical fitness (Hahn, p.83).…
To begin with, attending the sport and social activities provide students more chances to have a rest after a long time of study which may help them combine exertion and adequate rest. In my school, there are enough sports fields and basketball courts for students taking a lot of exercise such as playing football, basketball, tennis and running. In addition, we also have a large swimming pool which allows students to practice swimming skills and prepare for national swimming competition. After studying for a long period of time in class or in the library, we would also go there to have a rest which may makes us feel relaxed and refreshed. There is no doubt that doing sports could benefit our physical health. What’s more, scientific researches also prove that sports can also enhance the efficiency of our study. One research done by the National Health Institute, says that people who do sports or exercise at least 30 minutes a day tend to work more efficiently and make less mistakes.…