CHILD BEHAVIOR IN THE PLAYGROUND

Child Behavior in the Playground



Abstract

The paper analyzes the behaviour of the children in the school play ground. Participation in physical activity play throughout the school day has been shown to foster improved classroom attention and behaviour among children. The research regarding the observational system place emphases on the need for various psychometric studies, including the geographically and ethnically diverse samples of many of the promising play ground based observation systems. The findings provide school personnel with practical information regarding the influence of school physical activity periods on children's adaptive and problem behaviour within the elementary school setting.

Child Behavior in the Playground

Introduction

The behavioral observation system actually allows keeping a record for the important behavioral, interactional and academic processes of the child. It is however, not surprisingly that majority f the school-based methods of observations are being designed for the evaluation of the child with in the classroom. Whereas it can be understandable, the playground context during the recess leads to provide a close observation of an unstructured school context that develops an understanding of the relation of children's peer, their playing behaviour and the aggressive actions during the play time. This paper provides a clear research as taking in to consideration six of the playgrounds based observation systems and it discusses the implications of suing it by researchers and practitioners (Thelen, 2012).

When a behavior problem arises, the teacher responds function, on the one hand, the degree of the behavior causes inconvenience to the child and to the environment and, on the other hand, its own threshold, which varies from one individual to the other depending on the personality and prior experience. For example, for the teacher or the teacher of a class of students with behavioral problems, the notion aggressive children may be different than for the one of the regular classroom. Here, the frame of reference is different. It also remains that the characteristics of the child may influence the judgment. Indeed, the older child than average risk of attention more and one that is particularly beautiful often brings greater tolerance.

The significance of the study

The paper discuses regarding the observation based behavioral changes that occur in the child during their playtime period. The observation process can objectify these judgments. In some cases, it also provides avenues for intervention. The mere statement of the circumstances surrounding the emergence of a problematic behavior might contain the solution or the beginning of a solution.

Research Questions

The primary research question that is discussed in the paper includes:

What is the influence of an unstructured recess period on the subsequent classrooms behaviors (i.e. adaptive and problem behaviors) of children?

How do the behaviour of children (i.e. adaptive and problem behaviors and activity levels) in unstructured physical activity contexts compare to those displayed in structured physical activity contexts

The ProceduresPhysical Activity Play

At the onset of this review, it is crucial to consider the developmental functions of physical activity during childhood. As highlighted by Seifert (2011), children's play often involves some “vigorous ...