HOPPLearning - Active Learning in Elementary Schools

NCT02495714 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: KristianiaUC
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2,300
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

HOPP Learning will be implemented in elementary schools in the Horten municipality and will assess the effect of a combined pedagogical approach, active learning, on a large student population. Students are to increase their amount of physical activity with learning, during a school day by one hour.

Conditions

Health Behaviour

Keywords

Exercise; Diet; Learning

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Academic performance

  Change in academic performance due to change in the pedagogic technique using standarised national academic tests

  72 months

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Cognitive ability

  72 months

• Diet changes

  72 months

• Changes in quality of life

  72 months

• Changes in blood values

  72 months

• General physical capacity

  72 months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention schools

EXPERIMENTAL

Active Learning; One hour each schoolday of physical Activity as part of academic learning Dietary councelling; teaching children and parents about a healty diet

Behavioral: Active learning; Behavioral: Dietary councelling

Control schools

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention

Interventions

Active learning BEHAVIORAL

Physical activity one hour a day as part of academic learning

Intervention schools

Dietary councelling BEHAVIORAL

Teaching children and parents about a healthy diet

Intervention schools

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Students from Grade 1-6 (2015) from all elementary schools in Horten municipality and two schools from Loerenskog and Baerum municipality.

You may not qualify if:

• Students with psychological and physical disabilities preventing them participating in the tests
• Students afflicted with sickness/disease during the testing period
• Students who do not wish to participate in the test

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kristiania University College: lead
• Horten municipality: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Kristiania University College

Oslo, 0107, Norway

Location

Related Publications (17)

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

Supervised Machine Learning

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Machine Learning; Artificial Intelligence; Algorithms; Mathematical Concepts

Study Officials

• Per Morten Fredriksen, Professor

  University College of Health Sciences - Campus Kristiania

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 20, 2015
• First Posted: July 13, 2015
• Study Start: January 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2023
• Study Completion: December 1, 2023
• Last Updated: June 2, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

NO (1)