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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Act Health. 2011 May 12;9(4):481–491. doi: 10.1123/jpah.9.4.481

Table 4.

Mean and Percent Lesson Time for Student Activity and Lesson Context by Lesson Location

Indoor (n=145) Outdoor (n=32) Indoor (n=145) Outdoor (n=32)

Student Activity Mean Min. SD Mean Min. SD Mean dif* Mean % SD Mean % SD Mean dif
Lying Down 0.44 0.82 0.19 0.4 0.25* 1.01 1.97 0.41 0.86 0.61**
Sitting 12.14 6.79 7.36 6.91 4 78*** 26.81 13.52 16.76 14.83 10.05***
Standing 15.94 5.50 17.40 5.58 -1.46 36.04 12.26 41.40 13.98 -5.36*
Walking 9.70 4.09 11.35 6.21 -1.64 22.18 9.73 26.60 14.23 -4.42*
Very Active 6.21 3.37 6.12 3.2 0.09 13.96 7.46 14.83 8.04 -0.87
MVPA 15.92 5.13 17.47 6.91 -1.54 36.13 11.93 41.42 16.75 -5.29
Lesson Context
Management 10.21 6.04 9.47 5.22 .74 22.59 12.58 22.19 11.74 0.41
Knowledge 7.06 3.90 5.08 4.38 1.98* 16.01 8.91 11.55 9.33 4.45*
Fitness 10.1 9.92 11.24 10.35 -1.13 22.89 22.81 26.40 25.21 -3.51
Skill 6.96 9.61 3.38 7.0 3.13* 16.21 22.48 8.10 14.60 8.10*
Game 8.26 10.13 11.0 10.33 -.274 17.95 22.04 27.17 26.29 -9.23*
Free Play 1.84 6.71 1.78 5.64 0.06 4.35 15.74 4.58 14.79 -0.23
*

mean difference is significant at the .05 level

**

mean difference is significant at the .01 level

***

mean difference is significant at the .001 level