Physical activity and academic achievement in children: A historical perspective

By E. Howie, R. Pate. 2012

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Abstract As the focus on academic achievement has increased, physical activity (PA) opportunities in schools have decreased in the United States. In an attempt to discover how the decline in PA may affect academic achievement, researchers have been studying the effects of PA on cognition and academic achievement in children for more than 50 years. This review takes a historical perspective on the science of PA and academic achievement prior to and during the past 5 years. A total of 125 published articles were included and reviewed. Fifty-three of these articles were published in the past 5 years. In recent years, the overall quality of the studies has increased, but the results continue to be inconsistent. Many use cross-sectional designs and the methods vary substantially. The majority of conclusions show a positive effect of PA on constructs related to academic achievement. Future studies should use strong study designs to examine the types and doses of PA needed to produce improvements in academic achievement.

Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. Phillip D. Tomporowski
2. Charles H. Hillman
3. Caterina Pesce
4. J. Etnier
5. B. McCullick
6. Daniel M. Pendleton

In Psychiatry and Mental health

1. Caterina Pesce
2. B. McCullick
3. Daniel M. Pendleton
4. Phillip D. Tomporowski

In Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

1. Phillip D. Tomporowski
2. Charles H. Hillman
3. Kate Lambourne
4. Caterina Pesce
5. J. Etnier
6. B. McCullick
7. Daniel M. Pendleton

Citations in the corpus

• Exercise and children's cognition: The role of exercise characteristics and a place for metacognition (2015, methodology): “Consider an adaptation of the Howie and Pate model shown in Fig.”
• Physical Activity, Fitness, Cognitive Function, and Academic Achievement in Children: A Systematic Review. (2016, background): “, information processing, executive function, and memory) are related positively to level of physical fitness and/or PA participation; further, these adaptations, in turn, are hypothesized to underlie academic performance (89).”