Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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Students need alternatives to the hard desk chairs that are provided for them to use in the classroom. I am requesting funding to try two alternatives in my classroom this year-standing desks and stability balls. HealthNewsDigest.com released a study from the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health in April of 2015, titled We Think Better on Our Feet. Mark Benden, Ph.D., CPE, associate professor reports that
"Standing workstations reduce disruptive behavior problems and increase students' attention or academic behavioral engagement by providing students with a different method for completing academic tasks (like standing) that breaks up the monotony of seated work. Considerable research indicates that academic behavioral engagement is the most important contributor to student achievement. Simply put, we think better on our feet than in our seat." I believe that placing standing desks in my classroom will help me "kill two birds with one stone": academic performance and childhood obesity.
Students in my class with ADHD, sensory disorders, or ones that just need to move, will benefit greatly from using a stability ball instead of a regular desk chair. Research confirms that the balls helps students stay focused in class as well as improves their behavior by providing an outlet for restlessness and extra energy!
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Students need alternatives to the hard desk chairs that are provided for them to use in the classroom. I am requesting funding to try two alternatives in my classroom this year-standing desks and stability balls. HealthNewsDigest.com released a study from the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health in April of 2015, titled We Think Better on Our Feet. Mark Benden, Ph.D., CPE, associate professor reports that
"Standing workstations reduce disruptive behavior problems and increase students' attention or academic behavioral engagement by providing students with a different method for completing academic tasks (like standing) that breaks up the monotony of seated work. Considerable research indicates that academic behavioral engagement is the most important contributor to student achievement. Simply put, we think better on our feet than in our seat." I believe that placing standing desks in my classroom will help me "kill two birds with one stone": academic performance and childhood obesity.
Students in my class with ADHD, sensory disorders, or ones that just need to move, will benefit greatly from using a stability ball instead of a regular desk chair. Research confirms that the balls helps students stay focused in class as well as improves their behavior by providing an outlet for restlessness and extra energy!