Acute classroom exercise breaks improve on-task behavior in 4th and 5th grade students: A dose-response
This study was the first to directly compare the acute effects of 5, 10, and 20 min of classroom exercise breaks on on-task behavior. Methods: In this within-subject experiment, 96 4th and 5th grade students, in 5 classroom groups, participated in each of four conditions: 10 min of sedentary classro...
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| description | This study was the first to directly compare the acute effects of 5, 10, and 20 min of classroom exercise breaks on on-task behavior. Methods: In this within-subject experiment, 96 4th and 5th grade students, in 5 classroom groups, participated in each of four conditions: 10 min of sedentary classroom activity and 5, 10, 20 min of classroom exercise breaks led by research staff. On-task behavior was directly and systematically observed from videotapes before and after each condition. The post-test time-on-task scores were compared using a repeated measures mixed ANCOVA, adjusted for age, classroom, and the time-varying pre-test time-on-task. Results: Time-on-task was significantly higher in students after 10 min of classroom exercise breaks compared to a sedentary attention control (87.6% vs 77.1%, d = .45, p = .004). Conclusions: Ten minutes of classroom exercise breaks improved on-task behavior in children. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-177952019-02-19T04:26:53Z Acute classroom exercise breaks improve on-task behavior in 4th and 5th grade students: A dose-response Howie, Erin Beets, M. Pate, R. Pediatric Physical activity Health promotion This study was the first to directly compare the acute effects of 5, 10, and 20 min of classroom exercise breaks on on-task behavior. Methods: In this within-subject experiment, 96 4th and 5th grade students, in 5 classroom groups, participated in each of four conditions: 10 min of sedentary classroom activity and 5, 10, 20 min of classroom exercise breaks led by research staff. On-task behavior was directly and systematically observed from videotapes before and after each condition. The post-test time-on-task scores were compared using a repeated measures mixed ANCOVA, adjusted for age, classroom, and the time-varying pre-test time-on-task. Results: Time-on-task was significantly higher in students after 10 min of classroom exercise breaks compared to a sedentary attention control (87.6% vs 77.1%, d = .45, p = .004). Conclusions: Ten minutes of classroom exercise breaks improved on-task behavior in children. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17795 10.1016/j.mhpa.2014.05.002 Elsevier BV fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Pediatric Physical activity Health promotion Howie, Erin Beets, M. Pate, R. Acute classroom exercise breaks improve on-task behavior in 4th and 5th grade students: A dose-response |
| title | Acute classroom exercise breaks improve on-task behavior in 4th and 5th grade students: A dose-response |
| title_full | Acute classroom exercise breaks improve on-task behavior in 4th and 5th grade students: A dose-response |
| title_fullStr | Acute classroom exercise breaks improve on-task behavior in 4th and 5th grade students: A dose-response |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute classroom exercise breaks improve on-task behavior in 4th and 5th grade students: A dose-response |
| title_short | Acute classroom exercise breaks improve on-task behavior in 4th and 5th grade students: A dose-response |
| title_sort | acute classroom exercise breaks improve on-task behavior in 4th and 5th grade students: a dose-response |
| topic | Pediatric Physical activity Health promotion |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17795 |