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Investigating the effectiveness on educational attainment and behaviour of Commando Joe’s: a school-based, military-ethos intervention
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Stephen Mellalieu,
Gareth Stratton,
Kelly Mackintosh
Archives of Exercise in Health and Disease, Volume: 5, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 377 - 384
Swansea University Authors:
Melitta McNarry , Kelly Mackintosh
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DOI (Published version): 10.5628/aehd.v5i1-2.185
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Objectives: A military-ethos intervention can enhance engagement in learning and educational attainment. However, such programmes have typically been delivered in a residential setting. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a twelve-month, military-ethos physical activity interv...
| Published in: | Archives of Exercise in Health and Disease |
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| Published: |
2015
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26154 |
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Objectives: A military-ethos intervention can enhance engagement in learning and educational attainment. However, such programmes have typically been delivered in a residential setting. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a twelve-month, military-ethos physical activity intervention on educational attainment, attendance and behaviour. Methods: Seven primary (five intervention) and five secondary schools (four intervention) were recruited and 228 primary school (152 intervention; 9.8±0.4 yrs) and 167 secondary school pupils (97 intervention; 13.8±0.4 yrs) participated. Attainment, attendance and behaviour ratings were collected at baseline, 3-, 6- and 12-months and analysed using multilevel modelling. Results: Significant intervention effects were found at 3 months for Maths, 3 and 6 months in English, 6 months for attendance and across time for both positive social and problem behaviours. Effects were independent of sex and school level. Conclusions: Findings support the utility of the Commando Joe’s intervention as a whole-school strategy to enhance educational and behavioural outcomes. |
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©2012 CIAFEL. This is an Open Access article distributed underthe terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/deed.en). Youare free: to share, to copy, distribute and transmit the work,provided the original author and source are credited. |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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1-2 |
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377 |
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384 |