The impact of 10-minute activity breaks outside the classroom on male students' on-task behaviour and sustained attention: A randomised crossover design

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2016, Pages e181-e188

  Wilson, Andrew N ^a   Olds, Timothy ^a   Lushington, Kurt ^a   Petkov, John ^a   Dollman, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elementary students; On task behaviour; Physical activity; School based; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CURRICULUM; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; EXERCISE; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 85017065047     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.13323     Document Type: Article

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