RJA #6c: Protopage

http://www.protopage.com/zachlashley

RJA #6b: Search Strings

(recess OR "physical Education" OR PE) AND ("grade school" OR "k-12" OR elementary OR "middle school" OR "high school" OR "private school")

!!!!!!!!!!!put in EBSCO gets tons of hits!!!!!!!!!

http://0-www.sciencedirect.com.skyline.cudenver.edu/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VHT-4PP843D-P&_user=914312&_coverDate=10%2F31%2F2007&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000047910&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=914312&md5=83865403e44b4dc00292100fa5cfb9d4

RJA #6a: Periodical Articles

Author: Stuart Brown
Title: Let The Children Play (Some More)-- Happy Days - The pursuit of what matters in troubled times
Title of periodical: New York Times
Time of Publication: Thursday, Sep 24, 2009
the opinion section

http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/02/let-the-children-play-some-more/?scp=5&sq=physical%20education&st=cse

i went to the NEW YORK TIMES and searched physical education
quite a few hits not a lot related to my topic

RJA #5c: Checking Search Strings

http://barbaraeng1020blog.blogspot.com/
http://robdog33.blogspot.com/

RJA #5b: Finding Books

found a book:
Title: Recess : its role in education and development
Author: Anthony D. Pellegrini
Publisher: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005.

I searched "recess in grade school" in SKYLINE and pulled this book up

RJA #5a: Finding Reference Articles

As far as reference articles, I check out the encyclopedia's you listed on your site and physical education came up on infoplease.com which gave an over view of physical education, and where its historical roots are located. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0838900.html sep 17 the cite info is in the "cite" bubble under.

RJA #4c: Checking Research Questions

http://missylewis.blogspot.com/

RJA# 4b: Writing Search Strings

(recess OR "physical Education" OR PE) AND ("grade school" OR "k-12" OR elementary OR "middle school" OR "high school")

RJA #4a: Generating Keywords

How will lack of recess and PE affect grade school children?
recess: break... nothing related comes up
PE: physical education....nothing comes up
grade school: elementary school, middle school, high school
children: nothing comes up

RJA #3c: Developing Research Question

should we remove or shorten recess?
should we remove or shorten PE?
Who is saying it needs to be shortened?
how can removing recess or PE effect the children?*
what could happen if we continue to remove recess and PE from school?
when did this epidemic start?
why is recess and PE being taken out and or shortened?
why are we even giving though to this?
why are we letting this happen?
why is recess and PE being shortened and removed, what is the purpose and what do the advocators for the removal say to the research stating recess and PE are very important in grade school children?

Edit: How will lack of recess and PE affect grade school children?

RJA #3b: Narrowing Research Topic

I think my topic is good where it is, I don't believe that it needs to be narrowed or broadened. My topic is fairly specific(the removal of Recess and PE from grade school) and it has plenty of information on it. I believe the key is being able to find studies and info for the reasons behind the removal, there's plenty for the importance. As of now I want to get to the root of why the removal, and what do these people have to say about all the studies that show the importance of these physical outlets.

RJA #3a: Exploring Research Topic

Wikipedia- i tried HPS, human performance, human performance and sports with no luck. PE came up with what physical education is.. no help
http://scholar.google.com/ - i searched "recess and human performance" http://0-edr.sagepub.com.skyline.cudenver.edu/cgi/content/abstract/34/1/13 - good source of info on recess and why it is important
I searched "recess in grade school" http://www.ateachabout.com/pdf/RecessinElementarySchool.pdf check out the links at the bottom
http://rer.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/63/1/51 another source
http://edr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/34/1/13 another source
AERA- American Educational Research Association looks like a good source for future info.
ERIC- Education Resources Information Center looks like a good source for future info.
SAGE a good journal source
Title of journal see if you can find it somewhere else :

Physical Education and Activity: Results from the School Health Policies and Programs Study 2000

Journal article by Charlene R. Burgeson, Howell Wechsler, Nancy D. Brener, Judith C. Young, Christine G. Spain; JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, Vol. 74, 2003