Jeanne Barcelona, Erin Centeio, Sharon Phillips, Dara Gleeson, Kevin Mercier, John Foley, Kelly Simonton, Alex Garn
Comprehensive school health: teachers' perceptions and implementation of classroom physical activity breaks in US schools
Health promotion international
role executive function skills motivation supporting childrens academic achievement welldocumented vast majority evidence highincome countries classrooms subsaharan africa tend large teacherdriven lecturefocused may provide extra challenges children stay engaged learning process based selfregulated learning theory tested contributions executive functions motivation childrens literacy numeracy skills 1 school year preregistered study 2500 primary school students cte divoire used lagged models robust set demographic covariates executive functions directly assessed children reported levels motivation schooling findings indicated strong longitudinal continuity literacy numeracy skills academic year found unique associations executive functions intrinsic motivation changes childrens literacy skills unique association executive functions intrinsic motivation changes childrens numeracy skills school year overall results provide evidence importance nonacademic skills childrens learning rural subsaharan african context implications include improving access preprimary education quality primary school experiences teacher training supports increase childrens early academic skills selfregulation skills motivation learning psycinfo database record c 2022 apa rights reserved