Mindfulness in young learners

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Spaniol, Sarah
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Alagic, Mara
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2024-04-26
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Spaniol, S. 2024. Mindfulness in young learners. -- In Proceedings: 20th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects. Wichita, KS: Wichita State University
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This study aimed to research how engaging with mindfulness-based activities improves young learners' social/emotional well-being and attention to tasks. I hypothesized that students who engage in mindfulness activities will be more aware of their social/emotional well-being and more attentive to the present moment. I tested this hypothesis by completing a Kinder Behavior Rubric (Kinder Associates LLC, 2007) on each participant pre- and post-intervention and by having each participant complete a Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (Greco et al., 2011). The mindfulness-based intervention is from Sitting Like a Saint: Mindfulness Activities for Kids (Bottaro & Bottaro, 2019). These activities were done daily over several weeks. I intend to complete this study with 21 first-grade students. The collected data were analyzed to determine how participating in mindful listening activities improves social/emotional well-being and attention to task.

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Presented to the 20th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Rhatigan Student Center, Wichita State University, April 26, 2024.
Research completed in the Department of Leadership and Instructional Design, College of Applied Studies.
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Wichita State University
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GRASP
v. 20
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