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[Relationship between general motor activity of children at school and the duration of school tasks]
R Soussignan1, P Koch, H Montagner
1Laboratorie de Psychophysiologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon.
Abstract:
A behavioural study was carried out with 20 children aged from 6 to 7 years attending the first year of primary school from 9:00 to 10:00 A.M. and 2:00 to 3:00 P.M. It appeared that the frequency and duration of getting up and moving around increased from the beginning to the end of both time intervals. There are significant positive correlations between these parameters and the duration of school tasks. It can be suggested that the general activity level is increased as a consequence of restraining children's general body activity and/or imposing on them sustained mental investment in school tasks.