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Kaylee F. Woodard; YuChun Chen – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2025
Purpose: This research examined the effects of a freestyle jump rope unit on students' jump rope proficiency, agility, balance, inhibitory control, physical activity level, and perceived enjoyment. Method: One hundred and nine third and fourth graders were randomly assigned to the video-led (VID), teacher-led (TEA), or control group. A 30-s jump…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Psychomotor Skills, Inhibition
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O'Neal, Colleen R.; Meyering, Kristin; Babaturk, Leyla; Gosnell, Nicole; Weinberg, Hayley – School Psychology International, 2023
The objective of this study was to understand if and for whom anger regulation relates to later reading and math achievement. The sample included 267 upper elementary school students from two schools (5% Asian, 10% Black, 6% Latinx, 17% Multiethnic/Other, and 62% White; 36% dual language learner; 60% female; average age = 9.7 years). Self-reported…
Descriptors: Self Control, Psychological Patterns, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Drew, Naomi – Free Spirit Publishing, 2021
Kids learn better and feel better about themselves in an atmosphere of safety and respect. This book shows you how to help students in grades three through six: (1) Foster kindness, compassion, and empathy; (2) Manage anger; (3) Prevent conflict; (4) Respond to conflict; (5) Address name-calling and teasing; (6) Deal with bullying; and (7) Accept…
Descriptors: School Culture, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Brooks, LaTorea; McGahey, James Todd; Jenkins, Marvin – Georgia School Counselors Association Journal, 2017
The purpose of this study was to target students who show aggressive and bullying behavior due to a lack of anger management and self-control skills. Two groups of boys in grades 2-4 participated in anger managements groups that either followed an anger management curriculum or followed the anger management curriculum plus breathing techniques.…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Aggression, Bullying, Self Control
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Gazelle, Heidi; Druhen, Madelynn J. – Developmental Psychology, 2009
It was hypothesized that combined individual child vulnerability (anxious solitude) and interpersonal stress (peer exclusion) would predict the strongest responses to experimentally manipulated behavioral peer rejection. Results indicated that in a sample of 3rd graders (N = 160, 59% girls), anxious solitary excluded children displayed more…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Helplessness, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
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Kim, Geunyoung; Walden, Tedra; Harris, Vicki; Karrass, Jan; Catron, Thomas – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2007
The present study examined the role of emotion and emotion control in children's externalizing problems. Third- to sixth-grade children were administered a self-report measure of positive emotion, negative emotion, and emotion control. Peer- and teacher-reported adjustment problems were assessed. Structural equations modeling revealed that…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Interaction, Behavior Problems, Emotional Response