Importance: The educational landscape is continually changing in response to legislation
and the adoption of new standards, such as the Common Core. Currently, little is known
about how these changes have influenced the school day. Objective: To examine the motor
and technology requirements of kindergarten, second-, and fourth-grade general education
classrooms. Design: For 6 full school days, we made unobtrusive observations of and took
notes that described classroom activities throughout the day. Data were coded by a …