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    The Effect of Focused Attention Span on Overall Academic Achievement

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    Author/Creator
    Stasch, Kiley
    Date
    2014-12
    Type of Work
    25 p.
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    action research papers
    Program
    Masters of Education
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    Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain information or permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Goucher Special Collections & Archives at 410-337-6347 or email archives@goucher.edu.
    Subjects
    Education -- Research papers (Graduate)
    Attention in children -- Research
    Academic achievement -- Research
    First grade (Education) -- Research
    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.


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    Goucher College
    1021 Dulaney Valley Road
    Baltimore, MD 21204

    www.goucher.edu

    Contact Information:
    kristen.welzenbach@goucher.edu
    library.goucher.edu/md-soar


    If you wish to submit a copyright complaint or withdrawal request, please email mdsoar-help@umd.edu.