For more information on the topic of recess in schools try searching in the database ERIC using these terms:

(“Physical Education” or “Physical Activities” or “Recess Breaks”) and (“School Role” or “Well Being”)

To find articles such as:

Ramstetter, C. L., Murray, R., & Garner, A. S. (2010). The Crucial Role of Recess in Schools. Journal of School Health, 80(11), 517-526. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Or check out this book:

Recess: its role in education and development by Anthony D. Pellegrini.  Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005. Call number: LB 3033 .P44 2005

http://www.ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/west/pdf/REL_2011110_sum.pdf

For other perspectives and information related to this topic please go to:

Utah State Office of Education ELL Proficiency Standards:  http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/ELLALS/ELL_Proficiency_Standards.html

Utah State Office of Education ELL Strategies and Resources: http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/ELLALS/Strategies.html

Utah State University TeacherLink ESL Assessment Plans: http://www.teacherlink.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Pray/ESLAssessment.html

Utah Personnel Development Center English Language Learners Topics:  http://www.updc.org/english-language-learners/

Banister, S. (2010). Integrating the iPod touch in K-12 education: Visions and vices. Computers in the Schools, 27(2), 121-131.

Hammond, D. L., Whatley, A. D., Ayres, K. M., & Gast, D. L. (2010). Effectiveness of video modeling to teach “iPod” use to students with moderate intellectual disabilities. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 45(4), 525-538.

Vess, D. L. (2006). History to go: Why iTeach with iPods. History Teacher, 39(4), 479-492.

Waters, J. K. (2010). Enter the iPad (or not?). T.H.E.Journal, 37(6), 38-40.

You can find them by searching in ERIC or using the Journal search located at the bottom left of the library home page

Or check out these web-resources:

Educause: 7 Things You Should Know About iPad Apps for Learning

http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutiPadA/223289

Blog Posting:  Tommie Williams: State Considering iPads for Students

http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2011/02/01/tommie-williams-state-considering-ipads-for-students/?cxntfid=blogs_political_insider_jim_galloway

Information from Apple:  Learning with iPad

http://www.apple.com/education/ipad/

Duncan, Greg J., School readiness and later achievement. Developmental Psychology, Vol 43(6), Nov 2007. pp. 1428-1446.

Using 6 longitudinal data sets, the authors estimate links between three key elements of school readiness–school-entry academic, attention, and socioemotional skills–and later school reading and math achievement. In an effort to isolate the effects of these school-entry skills, the authors ensured that most of their regression models control for cognitive, attention, and socioemotional skills measured prior to school entry, as well as a host of family background measures. Across all 6 studies, the strongest predictors of later achievement are school-entry math, reading, and attention skills. A meta-analysis of the results shows that early math skills have the greatest predictive power, followed by reading and then attention skills. By contrast, measures of socioemotional behaviors, including internalizing and externalizing problems and social skills, were generally insignificant predictors of later academic performance, even among children with relatively high levels of problem behavior. Patterns of association were similar for boys and girls and for children from high and low socioeconomic backgrounds. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved)(from the journal abstract)

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