Smart-Quality Physical Education
Conditions
Keywords
Quality Physical Education, Heart Zone Moves System
Brief summary
The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of the technology-enhanced quality physical education (Smart-QPE) lessons on physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, social emotional learning (SEL) skills, and mental well-being in school students.
Detailed description
Students in 4th-7th grades from 17 elementary and middle schools in Michigan were invited to participate in the study. Students were assessed with cardiorespiratory fitness, social emotional learning skills, physical activity, and mental well-being at a baseline and the post-intervention tests before and after the Smart-QPE intervention. The Smart-QPE intervention included that PE teachers integrate the Heart Zone Moves System into their teaching quality physical education lesson in October and November, 2025.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSmart-QPE
During the Smart-QPE intervention spanning in October - November, 2025, the physical education teacher integrate the Heart Zone Moves System into teaching quality physical education lessons; students wear the heart rate monitor on his/her forearm to self-monitor his/her real time engagement in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) to maximize students MVPA time.
Sponsors
University of Michigan
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
During the Smart-Quality Physical Education (PE) intervention, the PE teacher integrated the Heart Zone Moves System into teaching each PE lessons, where students wore the heart rate monitor on his/her forearm to self-monitor his/her real time engagement in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA).
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 14 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* students are 4rd-7th grade students aged 8-14 years old; * enroll in the school offered physical education classes; * being able to read and write in English; * students can skip any questions they don't want to answer as they respond to the survey questions at the baseline and the post-intervention; and * students can stop the aerobic fitness test at the baseline and the post-intervention
Exclusion criteria
1. students cannot complete the survey, which means that students had difficulty understanding the meaning of each item due to severe cognitive impairment informed by the school nurse/social worker, 2. students do not submit the survey on time (within a week), 3. if a student only submit one survey either at baseline or at the post-intervention, 4. students cannot take the aerobic fitness test, which means that students had difficulty moving their body due to severe physical impairment informed by school nurse/social worker.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) | During the Smart-QPE intervention period (up to two months). | The MVPA during the Smart-QPE lessons was objectively measured by using the Heart Zone Moves System, which is synced to each student's heart rate monitor wore on their forearms. |
| PACER test | Baseline test and post-intervention test (up to 4 months). | The PE teacher administered the PACER test to students for measuring their cardiorespiratory fitness assessed during a regular PE lesson. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assessing Social Emotional Learning Skills Questionnaire | Baseline and post-intervention test (up to 4 months). | Students' social emotional learning skills were assessed by completing the Qualtrics Survey. This is online platform survey includes this social emotional learning outcome. |
| The Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children | Baseline and post-intervention test (up to 4 months). | Students completed the Qualtrics Survey, including Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children. Students responded to 7 items describing a specific setting to engage in physical activity on 5 point-rating scale. |
| Mental Health and Well-Being questionnaire | Baseline and post-intervention test (up to 4 months). | Students completed the Qualtrics Survey, including mental health and mental well-being questionnaire. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed