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Bearden, Anomi G.; van Oostrom, Sanne; Brown, Stephen B. R. E. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
It is important to address social and emotional concerns early on, as they can adversely affect learning at all levels. The classroom is an ideal context for fostering healthy social and emotional development. For example, emotion regulation can be reinforced through simple daily practices within schools. The current applied research project was…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Metabolism, Program Effectiveness, Emotional Response
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David Antonio Rosas; Natalia Padilla-Zea; Daniel Burgos – Smart Learning Environments, 2025
This paper advances in the understanding of motivation in terms of flow in groups from a physiological perspective. We use wearable devices to monitor the heart rate variation during a set of sessions of face-to-face STEAM project-based learning. By using Action Research with mixed-methods design, we observed a set of 28 students in real-world…
Descriptors: Modeling (Psychology), Physiology, STEM Education, Art Education
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Smith, John D.; Schroeder, Cynthia; Smith, Rosalyn M. – Physical Educator, 2019
Pedometers are commonly used instruments that measure activity in children. While pedometers were designed to measure activity during walking, children often engage in other locomotor movements, such as skipping, galloping, and sliding. This study assessed the accuracy of two pedometers in children performing these movements and quantified the…
Descriptors: Measurement Equipment, Physical Activity Level, Accuracy, Children
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Kiuru, Noona; Trög, Anna-Sofia; Pasanen, Marika; Tourunen, Anu; Mikkonen, Jarno; Ahonen, Timo; Penttonen, Markku – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2022
This study investigated associations of early adolescents' (N = 190, median age = 12) subjectively experienced emotions and psychophysiological reactions in achievement situations. Self-reported questions assessed adolescents' experienced emotions. Additionally, adolescents' autonomic nervous system (ANS) reactions were recorded; skin-conductance…
Descriptors: Emotional Experience, Emotional Response, Psychological Patterns, Academic Achievement
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Caldwell, Thad; Ratliffe, Tom – Physical Educator, 2014
Classroom Exercises for the Body and Brain was developed in the state of Georgia by the HealthMPowers organization to help classroom teachers provide structured physical activity for their elementary students in their classrooms. These brief video exercises were designed for students to participate at their desks as exercise breaks, as energy…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Exercise, Elementary School Students, Difficulty Level
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Hager, Erin R.; Treuth, Margarita S.; Gormely, Candice; Epps, LaShawna; Snitker, Soren; Black, Maureen M. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2015
Purpose: Ankle accelerometry allows for 24-hr data collection and improves data volume/integrity versus hip accelerometry. Using Actical ankle accelerometry, the purpose of this study was to (a) develop sensitive/specific thresholds, (b) examine validity/reliability, (c) compare new thresholds with those of the manufacturer, and (d) examine…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Females, Adolescents
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Ryoo, Kihyun – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2015
This study examines whether and how tapping into students' everyday language in a web-based learning environment can improve all students' science learning in linguistically heterogeneous classrooms. A total of 220 fifth-grade English Language Learners (ELLs) and their non-ELL peers were assigned to either an everyday English approach…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Instructional Improvement, Science Instruction
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Gutiérrez-Zornoza, Myriam; Sánchez-López, Mairena; García-Hermoso, Antonio; González-García, Alberto; Chillón, Palma; Martínez-Vizcaíno, Vicente – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine (a) whether distance from home to school is a determinant of active commuting to school (ACS), (b) the relationship between distance from home to heavily used facilities (school, green spaces, and sports facilities) and the weight status and cardiometabolic risk categories, and (c) whether ACS has a…
Descriptors: Child Health, Body Weight, At Risk Persons, Rural Areas