Reports

Abstract Positive interactions during recess enhance well-being, whereas social isolation can foster loneliness and victimization. We examined changes in 1,022 third- through fifth-grade students’ belonging and victimization at recess in…

ABSTRACT Background: Researchers have documented that recess quality is critical to understanding outcomes, with supportive adults and positive peer interactions being critical components. The purpose of this study was to…

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child mandates play as a fundamental right of every child, through age 18. Unfortunately, the United States remains the only nation…

Abstract The objective of this study was to investigate changes in elementary school students’ affective states during recess throughout a school year, and examine distinct subgroups variations by gender, grade…

Researchers have established evidence that recess provides cognitive and academic benefits, social and emotional benefits, and physical benefits to children during the school day. Over the past two decades, Playworks…

Between Fall 2021 and Spring 2022, Playworks collaborated with Partnerships in Education and Resilience (PEAR) to collect data across 8 regions involving 710 4th and 5th graders in schools offering…

High quality recess contributes to the executive function, emotional self-control, resilience, and positive classroom behavior in elementary school children.  Citation: Massey WV, Thalken J, Szarabajko A, Neilson L, Geldhof, J.…

This study examined adults’ memories of their recess experience and how they are associated with various aspects of adulthood, such as social isolation, meaning, and purposes, physical activity enjoyment. Key…

A recent study on the connection between recess quality and student behavior found that the quality of recess contributed to student’s executive function, emotional self-control, resilience, and positive classroom behavior.…