Social interaction and enjoyment: key to learning According to Lazarus et al (1980) enjoyable activities may be salutary, especially...

Motivation is seen as the foundation for learning. According to Pintrich (2003), motivation is important for all educational-related...

It has been mentioned that we rely on sustained attention to protect task performance against fatigue and distraction (Clayton et al,...

Research in the acute physical activity-cognition field has over the past 50 years investigated the relationship between cognitive...

In college education, teachers often complain about growing concentration deficits and reduced attention (Budde et al, 2008), and helping...

McAuley and White (2011) state that the human cognitive abilities control all activities undertaken through storage, integration...

According to Sievertsena et al (2105) taking breaks allow students to recharge their mental resources, with benefits for their test...

Quinn et al (2012) stated that human energy can be categorized in two ways: physical energy and energetic activation. Physical energy...

A meta-analytic review by Lambourne and Tomporowski (2010) looked at the effects of acute exercise on cognition in people and concluded...

Attention levels are seen as to the degree to which students address instructional material. However, like all human attributes there are...

In today’s world of teaching, there are many different ways in which teachers approach teaching a class. Pedagogy refers to the method...

Physical activity refers to body movement that is produced by the contraction of the Skeletal Muscle and that increases energy...

A great starting place to change your classroom is Reduce class time to 15-20 minutes at a time Have lots of social/fun breaks Always...

The role of memory and learning has been well documented as being an important factor when learning and remembering information. Though...

According to Clouder et al (2020) Neurodiversity is an umbrella term, including dyspraxia, dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity...

To learn and gain knowledge, Diamond (2013) mentions that there must be motivation, arousal, concentration and most importantly there...

In today’s teaching classroom, truly understanding how and what is the best way to ensure that what is learned by the students is...

The classic modal model of memory outlined by Atkinson & Shiffrin (1968); Murdock (1967) presented learning as being a process that is...

The way we perceive our place in the world is through our interactions between our physical body, brain, and the environment around us....

It has been suggested that in the last two decades there has been a resurgence of research regarding work breaks (Boucesin & Thum, 1997;...