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Education SciencesPhysical activity is recognized as crucial for children’s development in many aspects. However, its integration into the classroom remains a challenge, particularly in STEM subjects, despite this area being a central component of school curricula ...
Rosa Bellacicco +3 more
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Effects of a 7-week active breaks intervention program on physical literacy and body mass index
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionPhysical literacy (PL) emerges as a highly effective resource for creating lasting physical activity habits at a time when physical inactivity has become one of the main risk factors in our population.
Javier Urbano-Mairena +5 more
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Schoolchildren Empowerment and Resilience through “Active Breaks”
Medical Sciences Forum, 2023 An active break is an alternative short “lesson” (lasting about 15 min) aimed at improving body awareness, physiological activation, and emotional feelings.
Elena Alonzo +5 more
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Applied Sciences, 2022 Numerous investigations show the need to intervene with school children and young students in order to mitigate socio-educational difficulties such as social conflict, and public health problems such as sedentary lifestyles and childhood obesity.
José Francisco Jiménez-Parra +4 more
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Effects of physical active breaks on vigilance performance in schoolchildren of 10-11 years
Human Movement, 2023 Purpose The main aim of this research analyses acute PE based on AB and how it might have an exponential affect during the school day. Methods A total of 46 healthy schoolchildren (age = 10.75 ± 0.65 years) participated in this study, receiving a ...
Francisco Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez +3 more
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Education Sciences, 2022 This systematic review examined the effects of distinct physical activity interventions on the academic achievement of school students based on an analysis of four distinct outcomes: mathematics, language, reading, and composite scores.
Irineu Loturco +4 more
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Active breaks in primary school: Teacher awareness
Formazione & Insegnamento, 2023 The need for movement, which characterizes the current generations of children, has become urgent and worrying. Despite the continuous projects carried out in primary school, few seems to improve health and motivation to adopt active lifestyles.
Alice Masini +4 more
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Health education intervention in primary school: active breaks for the promotion of motor activity
Formare, 2020 School is an ideal setting for proposing interventions aimed at increasing levels of physical activity. A systematic literature review was performed to underline the relationship between active breaks and physical, cognitive and psychological variables ...
Domenico Monacis +2 more
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Active School Breaks and Students’ Attention: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis
Brain Sciences, 2021 School physical activity breaks are currently being proposed as a way to improve students’ learning. However, there is no clear evidence of the effects of active school breaks on academic-related cognitive outcomes.
Álvaro Infantes-Paniagua +6 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 IntroductionClassroom-based active breaks are a feasible and effective way to reduce and break up sitting time, and to potentially benefit physical health in school children.
Emiliano Mazzoli +6 more
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