Analysis of Wearable Devices to Collect Movement Data From Primary School Children

• Poliana Nascimento Ferreira Federal University of ABC (UFABC) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6094-3105
• Carla Lopes Rodriguez Federal University of ABC (UFABC) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1522-3130
• Vivian Genaro Motti George Mason University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1336-3743

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/ihc_estendido.2022.224850

Abstract

A child’s movement represent different levels of attention, agitation and interest. Inside the classroom, a teacher alone can not keep track of each student’s behaviour, even though it is informative. This research aimed to analyse and select a wearable device to capture children’s movement and activity in the classroom. A spreadsheet was created for a comparative analysis of the devices considering: price of each unit and software, the sensors it contained, frequency of data collection, internal memory, battery capacity and acceleration range. The ActiGraph GT9X was found to be the best option between 35 devices and will be used to collect movement data from primary school children.

Keywords: Wearables, Accelerometer, Data Collection, Classroom

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