The effect of brain breaks on motivation to physical activity, sustained attention, short-term memory, and academic performance among malay primary school children

Brain breaks is a physical activity (PA) video that is used to stimulate student’s health and learning and was designed for school settings. The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of brain-breaks on motives of participation in PA, sustained attention, short-term memory, and academic...

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Main Author:	Bakar, Mawar Siti Hajar Abu
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2020
Subjects:	R Medicine
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spelling	my-usm-ep.481532021-01-21T03:28:19Z The effect of brain breaks on motivation to physical activity, sustained attention, short-term memory, and academic performance among malay primary school children 2020-09 Bakar, Mawar Siti Hajar Abu R Medicine Brain breaks is a physical activity (PA) video that is used to stimulate student’s health and learning and was designed for school settings. The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of brain-breaks on motives of participation in PA, sustained attention, short-term memory, and academic performance among Malay primary school children in Kelantan. The intensity of brain breaks implemented was low to moderate intensity. A total of 159 male and 176 female children aged 10 to 11 years old (mean age = 10.51 ± 0.50) from two schools in Kelantan were recruited in this study. Purposive sampling was used to divide the children into intervention (n = 183) and control (n = 152) groups. The brain breaks intervention was conducted one to three times per week for four months with each session lasting 15-30 minutes. The instruments used were PA and Leisure Motivation Scale Youth-Malay version (PALMS-Y-M), Digit Span Test (DST), Digit Vigilance Test (DVT) and Average Grade Score (AGS). These tests were carried out at two time-points, pre- and post-tests. Mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to analyse the data. The results showed significant changes in PA motives for enjoyment, F (1, 243) = 5.162, p-value = 0.024; appearance, F (1, 243) = 3.998, p-value = 0.047; psychological, F (1, 243) = 6.243, p-value = 0.013; sustained attention for numbers 6: total time F (1, 332) = 8.151, p-value = 0.005; and 9: total time F (1, 327) = 9.778, p-value = 0.002 and frequency of error made: F (1, 329) = 38.725, p-value < 0.001; short-term memory F (1, 301) = 38.381, p-value < 0.001. In conclusion,brain breaks was successful in improving children’s short-term memory and sustained attention while maintaining motives for PA participation. Future research should consider adding other tests to measure the cognitive domains of students for a more comprehensive insight. 2020-09 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/48153/ http://eprints.usm.my/48153/1/67.%20MAWAR%20SITI%20HAJAR%20BINTI%20ABU%20BAKAR-FINAL%20THESIS_-24%20pages.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
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description	Brain breaks is a physical activity (PA) video that is used to stimulate student’s health and learning and was designed for school settings. The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of brain-breaks on motives of participation in PA, sustained attention, short-term memory, and academic performance among Malay primary school children in Kelantan. The intensity of brain breaks implemented was low to moderate intensity. A total of 159 male and 176 female children aged 10 to 11 years old (mean age = 10.51 ± 0.50) from two schools in Kelantan were recruited in this study. Purposive sampling was used to divide the children into intervention (n = 183) and control (n = 152) groups. The brain breaks intervention was conducted one to three times per week for four months with each session lasting 15-30 minutes. The instruments used were PA and Leisure Motivation Scale Youth-Malay version (PALMS-Y-M), Digit Span Test (DST), Digit Vigilance Test (DVT) and Average Grade Score (AGS). These tests were carried out at two time-points, pre- and post-tests. Mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to analyse the data. The results showed significant changes in PA motives for enjoyment, F (1, 243) = 5.162, p-value = 0.024; appearance, F (1, 243) = 3.998, p-value = 0.047; psychological, F (1, 243) = 6.243, p-value = 0.013; sustained attention for numbers 6: total time F (1, 332) = 8.151, p-value = 0.005; and 9: total time F (1, 327) = 9.778, p-value = 0.002 and frequency of error made: F (1, 329) = 38.725, p-value < 0.001; short-term memory F (1, 301) = 38.381, p-value < 0.001. In conclusion,brain breaks was successful in improving children’s short-term memory and sustained attention while maintaining motives for PA participation. Future research should consider adding other tests to measure the cognitive domains of students for a more comprehensive insight.
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title	The effect of brain breaks on motivation to physical activity, sustained attention, short-term memory, and academic performance among malay primary school children
title_short	The effect of brain breaks on motivation to physical activity, sustained attention, short-term memory, and academic performance among malay primary school children
title_full	The effect of brain breaks on motivation to physical activity, sustained attention, short-term memory, and academic performance among malay primary school children
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The effect of brain breaks on motivation to physical activity, sustained attention, short-term memory, and academic performance among malay primary school children

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