The Effect of Focused Attention Span on Overall Academic Achievement
| dc.contributor.author | Stasch, Kiley | |
| dc.contributor.program | Masters of Education | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-10T21:30:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-02-10T21:30:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study focused on the effect of in-class exercise prior to a lesson on first graders’ attention span. The null hypothesis was that exercise would not significantly alter the student’s ability to maintain a longer attention span during the subsequent lesson. The subjects in this study were eight first grade students, six boys and two girls. Four of the boys were Caucasian; two were African American. One of the girls was Caucasian and the other was African American. Tallies were used to collect data through in-class observation of predetermined “off-task” behaviors, including calling out, getting out of their seat, talking to a neighbor, etc. Data was then compared between the lesson observed following a class-led exercise break and the lesson observed without exercise implemented at any point. The null hypothesis was rejected and the findings concluded that class-led exercise prior to a lesson did significantly reduce students’ observed “offtask” behaviors. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 25 p. | en_US |
| dc.genre | action research papers | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/M2GB1T | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/2227 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.relation | Master of Education | |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Goucher College, Baltimore, MD | |
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| dc.subject.lcsh | Education -- Research papers (Graduate) | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Attention in children -- Research | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Academic achievement -- Research | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | First grade (Education) -- Research | |
| dc.title | The Effect of Focused Attention Span on Overall Academic Achievement | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |