Exergaming: virtual inspiration, real perspiration

Klein, Matthew; Simmers, Christina S.

doi:10.1108/17473610910940774

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“…Making exercise entertaining and fun may open the door to seeing opportunities to be active in other parts of their day [5]. Other research on exergames has shown that beyond the benefits associated with added activity minutes, these kinds of games may increase a player's fitness motivation [10]. While we did not investigate individual children's exercise self-efficacy, with increased practice we expect children's fine and gross motor skills as well as their fitness levels may also improve.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Specifically, we investigate the effects of an exergame built on an educational platform delivered in the classroom environment, combining body weight exercises with math skill practice, on activity, academic performance and classroom behavior. In contrast to Klein and Simmers [10], classroom use of exergames may provide external motivation by empowering teachers to play a critical role in increasing activity levels of children. If teachers believe that the time spent on exergames can not only increase activity levels but also advance the academic and behavior goals they have for their classrooms, devoting time to activity within the school day may increase.…”

Section: Exergamingmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Further, multiple agencies including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as well as a growing body of research demonstrates that physical activity is critical to both improving academic outcomes for children but also to advancing their health [7,8]. While video games, TV, and other forms of screen time have been identified as factors in declining activity levels [9] other researchers are investigating exergaming as a way to get children to enjoy physical activity and increase their exercise motivation [10].…”

Section: Literature Review Physical Activity Of Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One explanation for the differences may depend on internal motivations to play. Klein and Simmers [10] demonstrate that these types of active games may positively impact on activity levels if players find the games entertaining providing enjoyment and an intrinsic motivation to play.…”

Section: Exergamingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Activity in the Classroom: Interventions to Increase Activity and Help Fight Childhood Obesity

Bublitz¹,

Rhodes²

2017

J Child Obes

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As schools focus on academics, less time is devoted to physical activity. Students "lack daily, quality physical activity", and this decline in physical exercise is contributing to the prevalence of childhood obesity. In this research we investigate how using a video-based exercise program in the classroom specifically designed to incorporate exercise with math skill practice can increase the activity level of children without sacrificing academic performance. Teachers from 36 Kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms participated in a 12-week pilot test using an academic exergaming program (Mission Move TM ) including both an intervention group and a control group who did not use the software during the test period. Teachers in both the intervention and control groups participated in surveys to assess children's activity levels and classroom behavior over the test period. Further, math pre-and post-tests were administered in both intervention and control classrooms with scores aggregated at the classroom level. We find that the total number of active minutes reported by classrooms during the pilot-test increased more than 100 minutes a week including 20 minutes within the classroom environment on average. Importantly, spending more activity time did not significantly impact academic scores on math skills positively or negatively. This research demonstrates that education-focused activity interventions can increase the activity level of children without having a negative impact on their overall academic performance.

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Section: Exergamingmentioning

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Activity in the Classroom: Interventions to Increase Activity and Help Fight Childhood Obesity

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Rhodes²

2017

J Child Obes

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“…VOAGs allow for cooperative and competitive play over the Internet with others players enabling participants to engage in PA that expands the pool of participants from proximal to an online community of participants thereby increasing opportunities for participation. AVGs allow players to enter virtual worlds, helping them into flow while playing [105,106]. Flow Theory relates to a participants persistence to play [105].…”

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Active Video Games: Paving the way to Virtual Online Active Games

Kooiman¹

2018

RISM

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Although considerable research has been conducted on playing active video games (AVGs), the majority has focused on proximal play. Little has been reported on distance-based AVG play, identified in this paper as virtual online active games (VOAGs). The potential benefits of VOAGs lies in their ability to connect similar and different populations, genders and generations over the Internet for a new type of gaming in which family, friends, and new acquaintances can participate physically, emotionally, cognitively, and socially when they are at a distance. This paper endeavors to review recent AVG and VOAG literature and illuminate the outcomes associated with playing AVGs and VOAGs to provide suggestions for future research on VOAG. The extension and expansion of what is known about AVGs and VOAGs into probable paths for VOAG research can help to determine if VOAGs are a viable intervention when distance separates participants. ISSN: 2577-1914 Res Inves Sports MedCopyright © Brian Kooiman 2/8How to cite this article: Brian K. Active Video Games: Paving the way to Virtual Online Active Games. In essence, a VOAG is an AVG that can be played simultaneously by multiple players in different locations. This type of game would allow avatars (character depictions on screen) to be relayed from a gaming device in one location to another device in a remote location for co-operative or competitive play in real time. While VOAG play has been available since the genesis of AVGs, research on VOAGs has lagged behind AVGs played between participants in the same location (proximally).This lack of research exists because only a few researchers have explored VOAG. This paper endeavors to illuminate the benefits of AVGs and proposes probable concurrent benefits for VOAGs while presenting suggestions for future research. Through a narrative analysis of recent AVG research, the authors present concepts on which to base future studies of VOAGs that can offer a new way to motivate body movement, encourage social interaction, enhance cognitive abilities and reduce sedentary behavior while encouraging participation between and within generations and populations. Finding relevant entertaining ways to encourage movement can help to create a populace that seeks opportunities to engage in movement throughout their life span. Literature ReviewThis literature review presents relevant AVG research from a variety of populations but does not attempt to provide a comprehensive review as others have already done extensive reviews of available literature [36][37][38][39]. The purpose of this review is to identify the benefits and problems associated with AVGs so that they can be used to frame the discussion on VOAG and to provide suggestions for future VOAG research. To add clarity to the potentials of AVGs and possible potentials of VOAGs, age groups, gender, and population types are identified. The selection of these groups was guided by the groups found in existing research. Over the past decade an abundance of research has been published i...

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