Effect of the application of KDL curriculum on the behavioral self-regulation abilities of 7- to 8-year-old children

JIN Zhuo; WU Hua; CAI Yujiang; RUAN Hui

doi:10.11852/zgetbjzz2024-0733

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2025, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (5) : 571-575. DOI: 10.11852/zgetbjzz2024-0733

Health Education

Effect of the application of KDL curriculum on the behavioral self-regulation abilities of 7- to 8-year-old children

JIN Zhuo^1,2, WU Hua¹, CAI Yujiang³, RUAN Hui¹

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Objective To explore the effect of the application of KDL curriculum in physical education(PE) classes on the behavioral self-regulation abilities of 7- to 8-year-old children, in order to provide references for promoting the development of their behavioral self-regulation abilities. Methods From September 2023 to January 2024,a quasi-experimental study was conducted, involving 140 children aged 7 - 8 from four second-grade classes in an affiliated primary school in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. They were divided into a KDL group and a control group, with 70 children in each group. In addition to maintaining normal learning arrangements, the control group received traditional PE curriculum content during PE classes(3 times/week, 40 minutes/session), while the KDL group received PE instruction based on the content of the "Primary School KDL PE and Health Curriculum(Level One)". The "Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders(HTKS)" test was used to assess the behavioral self-regulation abilities of the participants before and after 12 weeks of the experiment. Results Finally 128 children finished experiment.After the experiment, the HTKS scores of the children in the KDL group(64 children) were significantly higher than those before the experiment(t=9.105). There was no statistically significant difference in HTKS scores between the children in the control group(64 children) before and after the experiment(P>0.05). Before the experiment, there was no statistically significant difference in HTKS scores between the two groups(P>0.05). After the experiment, the HTKS scores of the children in the KDL group were significantly better than those in the control group(t=4.270, P<0.01). Conclusion The KDL curriculum can effectively improve the behavioral self-regulation abilities of 7- to 8-year-old children, and its effectiveness is superior to that of traditional PE curricula, further validating the positive role of the KDL curriculum in cultivating children's core competencies.

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KDL curriculum / behavioral self-regulation / health promotion / children

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JIN Zhuo, WU Hua, CAI Yujiang, RUAN Hui. Effect of the application of KDL curriculum on the behavioral self-regulation abilities of 7- to 8-year-old children[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2025, 33(5): 571-575 https://doi.org/10.11852/zgetbjzz2024-0733

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