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districts that revealed a need for a study focused on suburban school districts specifically.
Previous research reported the most common barriers to school gardens were: lack of
materials for the garden which included funding and space, lack of...
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gardening” (Blair, 2009, p. 33). The results from this study neither supported nor refuted
a lack of interest in school gardens by educators in public, suburban schools.
When district administrators were asked if they were supportive of using...
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Chapter 3
Methodology
The purpose of this study was to examine the academic gains of students entering
kindergarten at below-grade level, on-grade level, and above-grade level, to determine the
amount of progress made throughout the year....
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Week
two
started
with
ten
minutes
of
unstructured
recess.
Week
three
started
with
ten
minutes
of
resting,
where
students
will
sit
quietly
with
their
heads
down
at
their
desks.
Week
four
started
with
ten
minutes
of
a
classroom
energizer
activity.
T...
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CHAPTER
4
Results
The
data
collected
throughout
this
study
provided
information
about
what
types
of
physical
activity
breaks
prove
most
effective
for
refocusing
first-‐grade
students
on
academic
work.
Through
testing
three
different
types
of
p...
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eight
weeks
of
school.
Students
tend
to
be
extra
wiggly
and
inattentive
as
summer
approaches.
This
may
have
affected
the
results.
Practical
Significance
This
study
helps
explain
why
all
people,
not
just
elementary
students,
feel
refreshed
and
more...
Iff
The eight gentlemen and one lady of swing, Winston Seeg-miller,
Tone Webster, Elizabeth Manning, Grant Seegmiller,
Price Hiaght, Craig Crabb, Bob Dotson, Evan Dobson, and Bill
StarleyJiave given the students the best dance orchestra that...