Recess Problems
This U.S. education law led schools to cut recess because of its testing requirements.
What is the No Child Left Behind Act?
Both articles say students become more of this after recess — they can follow lessons more easily.
What is attentive?
In one study, kids released earlier for recess showed improved _______.
What is attentiveness?
Children living at or below this line were far less likely to get recess.
What is the poverty line?
This word means “to withhold something from someone,” used in the context of students not getting recess.
What is deprive?
Some schools reduced recess because they feared these negative student interactions on the playground.
What is bullying?
Recess helps students stay fit, showing benefits to both the body and the ______.
What is the brain (or cognition)?
Harvard cites a large study of over _______ children that revealed major recess inequalities.
Answer:
What is 15,000 children?
According to Harvard, Black and Hispanic children are more likely to be ______ of recess.
What is deprived?
This word means “a connection or link,” such as the link between recess and concentration.
What is association?
According to Harvard, many children receive less than 15 minutes of recess a day or none at all.
What word does the author use to describe this situation?
What is “appalling”?
This important social-emotional trait increased in Texas students who received four recesses a day.
What is empathy?
A 2009 study found children with recess earned higher ______ ratings from teachers.
What are classroom behavior ratings?
Only this percentage of disadvantaged children had recess in the 2003 study.
What is 56%?
This word describes a great difference between groups — like recess access for different communities.
What is disparity?
This U.S. state passed recess legislation only for it to be vetoed by the governor.
What is New Jersey?
Recess helps children develop imagination, creativity, and resilience, according to this doctor.
Who is Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg?
Researchers found that fourth-graders with weekly recess were less ______.
What is fidgety?
This U.S. region is named in the Harvard article as giving less recess to students.
What is the South?
This synonym for “bounce back” describes children’s attention improving after recess.
What is rebound?
Children today have less unstructured play than in the 1960s–70s because schools are trying to boost these two academic areas.
What are reading and math test scores?
Research shows even one daily 15-minute recess is linked to improved ______ behavior.
What is classroom behavior?
In China, students often get a break every hour for this many minutes.
What is 10–20 minutes?
Harvard found that 3 in 10 students had either no recess or only ______ minutes or less.
What is 15 minutes?
This word from the Harvard article describes play as “free, unstructured, active.”
What is the definition of recess?