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Using Mindfulness To Self-Regulate In The Upper Elementary Classroom, Ashleigh L. Bartz
Using Mindfulness To Self-Regulate In The Upper Elementary Classroom, Ashleigh L. Bartz
Masters of Arts in Education Action Research Papers
The purpose of this research was to determine the effects on students’ ability to self regulate while learning about daily mindfulness lessons. The study took place over the course of six weeks in an upper elementary class of 20 students, including four fourth graders, nine fifth graders, and seven sixth graders. The study was conducted in a rural public Montessori school in the Midwest. Students participated in a six-week mindfulness unit from The Mind Up Curriculum (The Hawn Foundation, 2011). The researcher collected data through a pre-and postassessment, students’ self reflections and graphs, researcher’s observation, and researcher’s daily journal. The …