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<\/a><\/p>\nOf course, we have lots of reasons to be skeptical about this possibility.<\/p>\n
Even if we get them to move more in class, they might just be more sedentary later in the day.<\/p>\n
If they burn more calories at school, they might eat more later on.<\/p>\n
And: let’s be practical. If we get our students up and moving around, it might take FOREVER to get them settled back down again.<\/p>\n
Which is to say: if they move more<\/em>, they might learn less<\/em>.<\/p>\n A research team has been exploring each of these questions, and they’ve got LOTS of good news.<\/p>\n In brief, almost\u00a0 all of these fears are groundless.<\/p>\n We were right to be skeptical, right to ask all those questions. But the answers turn out to be: “not to worry!”<\/p>\n For example: students who get extra exercise in class don’t spend more time on the couch<\/a> later on.<\/p>\n They don’t eat more<\/a> either.<\/p>\n They plain old feel better<\/a>.<\/p>\n And — here’s some great news: they get back to work in about 30 seconds<\/a>. (They learn the same amount<\/a> as their sedentary peers, by the way.)<\/p>\n Honestly, there’s just not much bad news here. The worst researchers could report is that they didn’t quite meet their goals.<\/p>\n They wanted teachers to do ten<\/strong> quick exercise breaks, but they averaged only five<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Given all the other good news, I’m thinking we can live with this.<\/p>\n By the way: we might have hoped that the exercise would help students learn — not just fail to impede learning.<\/p>\nQuick Exercise Breaks: The Research<\/h2>\n
The Bad News?<\/h2>\n