Lessons Learned from a Physically Active Learning Intervention: Texas I-CAN!

Abstract

Texas I-CAN! has focused on the development of interventions to provide physically active learning (PAL) to regular education, elementary classroom. This paper provides an overview of our approach and the iterations through which we have progressed the intervention. We adopt a framework that considers PAL along continuums of relatedness to and integration with the academic goals of the lessons. This provides a lens through which to view our iterations of I-CAN!, as we sought a version of PAL that is both acceptable to teachers and effective for physical activity and academic outcomes. As such, this provides an overview of the choices that must be made to translate theory to practice.