Studies on the mental fatigue of school children assist in arranging the daily program, including order of subjects and recess periods¶
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q1 i? Fatigue studies give a basis for finding the right length, number, and filling of recess periods and for adapting schedules to different types of fatiguability. → J. D. Heilman 1916
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J. D. Heilman 1916¶
J. D. Heilman. (1916). Psychology in the Schoolroom. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0073918
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The article states fatigue studies guide recess length, number, and filling for children of different ages and the effect of long and short recesses on fitness for work, plus adapting schedules to types of fatiguability; no data are printed.
"Studies on fatigue also give us a basis for finding the right length, number, and filling of the recess periods for children of different ages; for finding the effect of long and short recesses upon the child's fitness for work"
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Related Claims¶
- Fatigue depends on age, sex, lesson length and number, time of day, weekday, recesses, holidays, rest, sleep, nature of work, school program, and teacher personality (Offner's laws of fatigue) — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Psychological methods of fatigue measurement afford useful average values and reliable information about the course and effect of fatigue (Offner) — related
- Classroom physical activity increases children's on-task behaviour, with no consistent gain on attention or other cognitive tests — related
- Efficiency in the work curve is conditioned by factors beyond fatigue proper: practice, adaptation, preparedness, warming up, spurts, voluntary effort, ennui, and diurnal rhythms (Offner) — related
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Studies on the mental fatigue of school children assist in arranging the daily program, including order of subjects and recess periods |
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Studies on the mental fatigue of school children assist in arranging the daily program, including order of subjects and recess periods |
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