SHAPE America Best of 2023

The Year in Review: Top Health & PE Content

As 2024 comes to a close, we’ve compiled the most popular resources, articles, books, blog posts, and videos of the year. If you’re looking for top health and physical education content, this is a great place to start!



Member Journals
Our four member journals publish over 150 articles in any given volume year. These were the most downloaded in 2024.

 

American Journal of Health Education (AJHE)
Helping Students Make Meaningful Connections: A Cross-Sectional Survey of College Student Loneliness
Alicia Wodika, Jacqueline Lanier, Jim Almeda, Aubrey Richter & Gabriella Schalasky
 

Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD)
Beyond “Brain Breaks”: A New Model for Integrating Classroom-Based Active Breaks
Natalie J. Lander, Ana Maria Contardo Ayala, Emiliano Mazzoli, Samuel K. Lai, Jess Orr & Jo Salmon
 

Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators
Early Sport Specialization in the Sphere of Long-Term Athlete Development: The Responsibility of Parents and Soccer Coaches Involved in This Process
Gustavo Zampieri
 

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (RQES)
Genotypic Variations Associated with Changes in Body Mass in Response to Endurance Training
Henry C. Chung, Don R. Keiller, Sally P. Waterworth, Chris J. McManus, Justin D. Roberts & Dan A. Gordon

 

Top 5 Books

SHAPE America publishes an extensive catalog of books for health and physical educators, including texts on national standards, lesson planning, curriculum and assessment, research and methodology, cultural equity, and much more.

Here are the most-purchased books for 2024, available through our publishing partner Human Kinetics:

1

National Physical Education Standards, Fourth Edition
SHAPE America

2

The Essentials of Teaching Health Education, Second Edition
Sarah Benes, Holly Alperin

3

Creative Dance for All Ages, Second Edition
Anne Green Gilbert

4

National Health Education Standards, Third Edition
SHAPE America

5

Lesson Planning for Skills-Based Health Education
Sarah Benes, Holly Alperin

 

Top 5 Health & PE Resources
Have you seen SHAPE America Catalog? It’s filled with classroom-ready, teacher-friendly resources — as well as webinars, courses and other professional development materials.

Here are the most-downloaded resources from 2024: