Abstract: The purpose of the research is to detect, imprint and record the playful and non-playful activities of primary school students during the break in the school premises, to detect the categories and subcategories of these activities arising from the above process, as well as whether there are or not differences in biological sex, age and area. The sample of the research consisted of 53 primary schools from different regions of Greece, which were selected by lot. The research team followed 338 children (166 boys and 172 girls aged 7 to 12 years) randomly selected. Each child was observed five times in a week during one of the first two school breaks, which lasted the longest 20....
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