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Zelazo, Philip David; Blair, Clancy B.; Willoughby, Michael T. – National Center for Education Research, 2016
Executive function (EF) skills are the attention-regulation skills that make it possible to sustain attention, keep goals and information in mind, refrain from responding immediately, resist distraction, tolerate frustration, consider the consequences of different behaviors, reflect on past experiences, and plan for the future. As EF research…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Attention Control, Educational Research, Learning Processes
Norvilitis, Jill M., Ed. – InTech, 2012
The treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a matter of ongoing research and debate, with considerable data supporting both psychopharmacological and behavioral approaches. Researchers continue to search for new interventions to be used in conjunction with or in place of the more traditional approaches. These interventions run the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Adolescents, Brain
Blankenship, Bonnie Tjeerdsma – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2007
Negative stress in physical education can reduce a student's enjoyment of physical activity and destroy the individual's desire to be a lifelong mover. The purpose of this article is to explore the concept of stress in physical education. Stress is defined as a substantial imbalance between the demand of a situation and the individual's capability…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Depression (Psychology), Student Evaluation
McDaniel, Ernest – 1994
This book is designed to introduce education students to the essentials of measurement and evaluation. It focuses on the topics essential to effective classroom teaching and treats these topics in a way that emphasizes the human context that surrounds and guides their use. The book is organized into three main sections. The first is understanding…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, Educational Assessment