The Effects Of Organized Games On Playground Aggression

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The first article read that discusses the topic of structured recess for this literature review was Behavioral School Psychology Goes Outdoors: The Effect of Organized Games on Playground Aggression written by H. Murphy, J. Hutchison, and J. Bailey from Florida State University. While conducting this research project, there was a focus placed on the inappropriate, largely aggressive behavior of the students on the playground prior to the beginning of the school day. In this quantitative research study, the researchers studied the behavior of 344 k-2 students while on the playground before the beginning of the school day. It was observed that the students were very aggressive with each other during the time they were on the playground before the start of the school day. The purpose of this study was to see if “When dealing with large groups, antecedent environmental manipulation may be more practical than providing consequences for the behavior exhibited by identified individuals” (Murphy, Hutchison, & Bailey, n.d.).
At the beginning of this research project a baseline was taken in the first twelve days and the inappropriate incidents were recorded and ratings taken without any intervention by the three aids on the playground. Aggression, property abuse, and rule violations were the three problem behaviors that were measured in this research project. The three teachers were placed around the playground and were asked to observe a specific area for 15 seconds at a time
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