אני כמובן מתמקד בעניינים הקשורים לתקשוב, אבל לא לרגע חשבתי שאפשר לוותר על הפסקות ועל משחק (ומשחק חופשי!). וכמובן שהדגש על סטנדרטים ועל מבחנים יוצר מצב שבו מצמצמים במשחק החופשי, במקום להרחיב אותו.
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New research suggests that play and down time may be as important to a child’s academic experience as reading, science and math, and that regular recess, fitness or nature time can influence behavior, concentration and even grades. A study published this month in the journal Pediatrics studied the links between recess and classroom behavior among about 11,000 children age 8 and 9. Those who had more than 15 minutes of recess a day showed better behavior in class than those who had little or none. Although disadvantaged children were more likely to be denied recess, the association between better behavior and recess time held up even after researchers controlled for a number of variables, including sex, ethnicity, public or private school and class size. The 3 R’s? A Fourth Is Crucial, Too: Recess |
אז אם מישהו באמת היה זקוק להוכחה מחקרית, היא כנראה באמת קיימת.
