"Exercise is the single most powerful tool that you have to optimize your brain function."
---John Ratey, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and author of SPARK:
The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain.
Exercise is directly related to improved achievement and behavior as well as
wellness. Yet, even as a growing body of research demonstrates this relationship, physical education and activity are cut
for more seat time.
Exercise4Learning (E4L) is committed to sharing the research with educators, showing them strategies to easily implement these concepts into
the educational setting.
This chart shows that as fitness improves, students'
achievement scores increase
and poor behavior incidents decrease.
Small changes in a school day, such as increasing physical activity and Exergaming, can help educators improve students' academic, social,
and physical development.
It's a different educational paradigm to meet the demands of the 21st century.
Exercise4Learning is based on the latest neuroscience research that strongly supports the link between
exercise and cognition.
The E4L Model
- Improves students' academic performance
- Improves students' classroom behavior
- Enriches the health and wellness of students
"Emerging research shows that physical activity sparks biological changes that encourage brain cells to bind to one another. For the brain to
learn, these connections must be made; they reflect the brain's fundamental ability to adapt to challenges. The more neuroscientists discover
about this process, the clearer it becomes that exercise provides an unparalleled stimulus, creating an environment in which the brain is
ready, willing, and able to learn."
---John Ratey, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and author of SPARK:
The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain.
