Measuring Cortisol in the Classroom with School-Aged Children-A Systematic Review and Recommendations.

The collection of salivary cortisol has been chosen as one of the least intrusive, easiest to collect, analyze, and store methods of obtaining information on physiological changes. It is, however, not clear what the best practice is when collecting salivary cortisol from children within the school setting. The aim of this systematic review is to evaluate the feasibility of cortisol collection in schools for future research and to make recommendations for best practice.

Animal-Assisted Interventions in the Classroom-A Systematic Review.

The inclusion of animals in educational practice is becoming increasingly popular, but it is unclear how solid the evidence for this type of intervention is. The aim of this systematic review is to scrutinise the empirical research literature relating to animal-assisted interventions conducted in educational settings. The review included 25 papers; 21 from peer-reviewed journals and 4 obtained using grey literature databases.

The influence of demographic factors, processing speed and short-term memory on Iranian children's pedestrian skills.

Objectives: Young children, children from lower socioeconomic status and boys have the highest risk of pedestrian injury. This study examined the relationship between cognition and specific pedestrian skills of these groups of children in Iran.

Methods: 180 Iranian children aged 7 and 11 years from lower- and higher-socioeconomic status backgrounds participated in the study.