Can Academic Success Come from Five Minutes of Physical Activity
By Julienne K. Maeda, L. Randall. 2003
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Being physically active helps not only in the areas of health and fitness, but also in the area of academics, more specifically, mathematics. Brain-based teaching can play a large role in enhancing student learning through the use of movement, in particular, a short running activity on math fluency in addition problems. Could five minutes of a moderate to vigorous activity have any effect on students’ addition fluency? The purpose of this article is to share with readers the effects of infusing a short physical activity into an already busy day. Two primary findings were gleaned from this study. First, although there was a small positive effect on math fluency, there was no negative effect. Second, positive changes in students’ behavior were noted by the classroom teacher.
Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health
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- A Quantitative Review of Physical Activity, Health, and Learning Outcomes Associated With Classroom-Based Physical Activity Interventions (2012, unknown): “…that six studies (i.e., Fredericks, Kokot, & Krog, 2006; Honas, Washburn, Smith, Greene, & Donnelly, 2008; Liu et al., 2007; Lowden, Powney, Davison, & James, 2001; Maeda & Randall, 2003; Stewart, Dennison, Kohl, & Doyle, 2004) did not provide sufficient information for computing an effect size.”
- „… because there’s nobody who can just sit that long“ (2016, background): “, 2015), teachers may still perceive positive changes in pupil concentration and behaviour following short bouts of PA (Maeda and Randall, 2003).”