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Dimitris Chatzopoulos; Eleni Mouchou-Moutzouridou; Panagiotis Papadopoulos; Georgios Katsanis; Vassilios Panoutsakopoulos – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2023
Active breaks (AB) are short periods of physical activity in the classroom. The purpose of this study was to compare the acute effects of 5-minute dance break with an aerobic and a sedentary group on the executive functions, math performance and enjoyment of elementary school children. A total of 67 children (10.41±.13 years) of three fifth grade…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Dance, Executive Function
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Kolovelonis, Athanasios; Goudas, Marios – Cogent Education, 2022
This study compared the effects of three different types of cognitively challenging physical activity games on students' executive functions and situational interest. Participants were 140 students from four fourth-grade and four fifth-grade classes of four elementary schools. One fourth- and one fifth-grade class from each school were randomly…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Physical Activities
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Dania, Aspasia; Kaltsonoudi, Kalliope; Ktistakis, Ioannis; Trampa, Konstantina; Boti, Niki; Pesce, Caterina – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2023
Background: Within team sports, players' ability to inhibit inappropriate behavioral responses and flexibly adapt to upcoming challenges relates significantly to their game performance. As such, there have been calls for cognitively fostering programs to form the basis of game teaching and coaching practice. However, only few studies have tested…
Descriptors: Games, Executive Function, Student Athletes, Program Effectiveness