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Nutrition And Student Achievement In Kindergarten Students: An Experimental Study, Stephanie Lynn Terista
Nutrition And Student Achievement In Kindergarten Students: An Experimental Study, Stephanie Lynn Terista
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the effects of nutrition on student achievement. The subjects were a transitional kindergarten class, ages 5-6, who took part in a 3-week experimental study.
Each week the subjects were instructed to perform a cognitive task directly following a treatment. Week 1, the cognitive task was performed following a nutritional snack; week 2, the cognitive task was performed following a non-nutritional snack; and week 3, a cognitive task was performed without any snack at all.
The results indicated that the findings for each week were not statistically significant: F (1,13)=213.86, …
The Effect Of Educational Kinesiology On Second Language Acquisition, Tina Lynne Haverstick
The Effect Of Educational Kinesiology On Second Language Acquisition, Tina Lynne Haverstick
MA TESOL Collection
This thesis is a summary of my experience working with the theory of Educational Kinesiology (Edu-K) in the foreign language classroom environment. It may serve as a guide for anyone who is interested in tapping into the full potential of students’ brains within a structured learning environment.
A case study is presented here examining the effects of educational kinesiology on two groups of kindergarten students I taught simultaneously in my EFL classroom in Taiwan.
I chose to assess their attitudes toward different classroom activities, including those geared toward improving listening, speaking, reading and writing, as well as the overall attitude …