Beard Judy, Mathias Kirk
Central Washington University, USA.
Heliyon. 2021 Sep 29;7(9):e08084. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08084. eCollection 2021 Sep.
Overweightness continues to increase at an exponential rate in children. This coupled with the demand to increase academic time in elementary schools has contributed to efforts to discover solutions that meet both challenges. Potential solutions are movement curricula and active seating options. However, little has been published relative to best practices of their implementation. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to discuss the lessons learned while utilizing pedal desks in first and second grade classrooms as stations and whole class seating. Additionally, two different types of heart rate monitors (Polar Oh1 and IHT Spirit) were employed, in an attempt to increase pedaling consistency. It was discovered that elementary students can engage adequately in academic lessons while seated at pedal desks and that limitations do exist relative to the usefulness of the pedal desks. Teachers were also able to develop protocol that adequately maintained classroom management and student learning.
儿童超重现象继续呈指数级增长。这一情况加上小学增加学业时间的需求，促使人们努力寻找应对这两个挑战的解决方案。潜在的解决方案是运动课程和主动式座位选择。然而，关于它们实施的最佳实践，相关的发表内容很少。因此，本文的目的是讨论在一年级和二年级教室将脚踏桌用作学习站和全班座位时所吸取的经验教训。此外，还使用了两种不同类型的心率监测器（Polar Oh1和IHT Spirit），以提高踩踏的一致性。研究发现，小学生坐在脚踏桌旁时能够充分参与学术课程，并且脚踏桌的实用性确实存在局限性。教师们也能够制定出足以维持课堂管理和学生学习的方案。
