Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Heart Rate Monitors
Jan 9th follow up....We discussed at what grade level these would be most effective. We believe that 4th-6th grade are still motivated intrinsically and extrinsically. That being said, we think 7th-12th grade would benefit the most from the heart rate monitors. We are discussing cost of the monitors and how we can implement these in our PE curriculum so that they are cost effective.
The PE department would like to get and use heart rate monitors. That way students are more in charge of their fitness. We would give them different amounts of times where they have to be in the healthy heart rate fitness zone. Students would be able to assess their own bodies and heart rates and see where they are. Are they succeeding? Or do they need to be moving more? We think heart rate monitor would be a great assessment tool for us and for the students. They would be in charge of their own movement. Making sure they do what they can to stay in that zone.
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This sounds like a great way to give students more practice analyzing data, too. And it's hopefully compelling to learn how to analyze the data because it's so directly relevant to their own lives. I'd love to hear more about this.
ReplyDeleteDo you think that students will be motivated by their results? What do you think would motivate students to get more active? I think so many of them are pluggedd in that exercise isn't on the forethought of their minds.
ReplyDeleteI think certain students will be more motivated by their results. Last year when I did this with the pedometers they had to get a certain number of steps each day. Those students who did not move as much were constantly checking to see where they were at. Then they made sure they were moving. Some even stayed after to make sure they got the goal for that day.
DeleteThe monitor tells the true story of how active they have been during the PE class that day. No arguing with a monitor results.
ReplyDeleteWhat baseline model are you going to use? How are you going to determine what the "right zone" is for each student? The reason I ask is because there are so many "right ways" to find the correct zone depending on the expert.
ReplyDeleteScott we would use this formula.
Delete220-age = MHR
MHR x .60 = low end zone
MHR x.85= high end zone
I have found the 180 minus my age method the best for me and have used other ones also. It seemed to put me in the best aerobic range, other ones seemed to high.
DeleteMy sister is a long distance runner and uses her iPhone to track her training/pacing/improvements for marathons. Does the department (or maybe even coaches) plan to use this technology to set and achieve individual fitness goals? In addition to the intrinsically motivational nature of movement and exercise goal setting and progress towards their goal might also help motivate students. This is an exciting idea! I hope it goes well.
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