Collecting Movement and Activity Information from Children in School with Wearables: Experience Report

• Poliana Nascimento Ferreira Federal University of ABC http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6094-3105
• Camila L. F. dos Santos Federal University of ABC
• Juliana L. Beda Federal University of ABC https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2893-860X
• Guilherme D. Belarmino Federal University of ABC https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7949-5584
• Carla Lopes Rodriguez Federal University of ABC 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/sbie.2022.225239

Abstract

Objective data about human movement can generate information about students in learning situations, and help the teacher. This work reports the experience of collecting movement data from 20 children in the classroom, using a wearable accelerometer sensor. The collection methodology, procedures, opinions of teachers and children are presented, as well as limitations and difficulties in the process. The research was carried out during a period of 3 weeks with two classes of the 2nd year of EF. 68 million lines of data and more than 100 pages of field notes were generated, which are in the process of being analyzed to support future studies. The feedback from the class and teachers was positive and attests to the quality of the proposed methodology.

Keywords: Wearables, Data Collection, Classroom, Primary School

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