Relationship between a Comprehensive School Physical Education Program Including Physical Education and Achievement of Students' Physical and Cognitive Domains

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100 students participated in a 2 month long Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP) at a middle school in Troy, NY. The students consisted of 45 7th graders and 55 8th graders. Out of the 100 students 40 were females and 60 were males. Running the CSPAP program were the PE staff at the middle school. Students involved in the program participated in a 1 Hour long activity session before the start of the school day 3 times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday). School started at 8:15AM and the CSPAP program ran from 7-8AM those 3 days a week. We tested students on physical gains by endurance assessments during the first, fourth and eighth weeks. Students only ran the mile on the Monday and Friday of the first, fourth and eighth weeks. We also tested students cognitively with memory test before and after a workout in the morning. Students were given a set of pictures in an order and had to put them back in the order seen after the workouts. They did this the first week, fourth week and eighth week.

Physical results

Endurance mile run/walk

Week1- average mile running time 10 minutes and 33 seconds

Week 4- average mile running time 9 minutes and 20 seconds

Week 8- average mile running time 8 minutes 2 seconds

Running time decreased by 2 minutes and 31 seconds on average of the 100 students

Cognitive results

Memorizing order of pictures

Week 1- percentage of students got correct at end of program week 28%

Week 4- percentage of students got correct at end of program week 42%

Week 5- percentage of students got correct at end of program week 63%

Cognitive percentages increased due to CSPAP by 35% through 8 weeks