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EJ463378 TM517198
Title: School Recess: Implications for Education and Development.Author(s): Pellegrini, A. D.; Smith, Peter K.
Source: Review of Educational Research, v63 n1 p51-67 Spr 1993
Publication Date: 1993
ISSN: 0034-6543
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJSEP1993
Empirical
research on the role of school recess is reviewed. Effects of child-level
and school-level variables on recess behavior and the impact of
recess on classroom behavior and social and cognitive competence
are discussed. It is concluded that recess has important educational
and developmental implications. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences; Behavior Patterns; *Child Development;
*Cognitive Development; Elementary Education; *Elementary School
Students; Foreign Countries; *Interpersonal Competence; Personality
Traits; Physical Activities; Play; Playground Activities; *School
Activities; School Recreational Programs; Sex Differences; *Social
Development
Identifiers: Empirical Research; England; *Recess Breaks; United
States
