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In the News: Dominique Banville

April 16, 2015

Associate Professor Dominique Banville.

The April 15 issue of The Connection regional newspapers includes an article titled "Moving for Academic Excellence: Researchers Say Frequent Physical Activity Can Lead to Success in School" that features insights from Dominique Banville, an associate professor in the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism at George Mason University.

Dr. Banville is also director of the Division for Health and Human Performance within the College of Education and Human Development. 

From the article:

Experts say aerobic exercise has the greatest effect on academic performance, and elementary school students benefit most from being physically active.

“Some of the largest cognitive benefits were linked, in order of importance, with mathematical achievement, IQ and reading achievement, all critical components of the standardized testing movement,” said Dominique Banville, Ph.D., director, division of health and human performance at George Mason University in Fairfax.

“Physical education is the only subject in school specifically dedicated to not only make students move during class time, but also to provide them with knowledge that will allow them to be active outside of school."

“Based on the most recent research, the more active we can get students within a day, the better prepared they will be to concentrate on these math problems or that text they need to read or that essay they need to write.”

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