Trial reportPloS one2018
When mathematics meets physical activity in the school-aged child: The effect of an integrated motor and cognitive approach to learning geometry.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of school-based physical activity on mathematics performance in children: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Pooled it
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- The impact of physical activity on academic performance in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- A yoga-integrated mind-body movement intervention: effects on children's problem solving, mathematics anxiety, and physical activity.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Enhancing university athletes' physical activity and decision-making through educational interventions grounded in the theory of planned behavior.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Differences in psychological well-being, physical activity, and perception of the value of physical education among Italian middle and high school teachers: A cross-sectional study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Discriminating factors of body composition characteristics for academic performance in nursing college students: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Integrating Fundamental Movement Skills and Mathematics in Early Childhood: A Pilot Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Differences in Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, Health-Related Physical Performance Indices and Academic Achievement: A Comparative Study of Normal-Weight and Obese Children in Qatar.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Motor activities to improve maths performance in pre-school children with typical development.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Review
- Fitness and psychological effects of tele-exercise in healthy populations. Preliminary study.Frontiers in digital health · 2024Article
- A Classroom-Based Intervention to Promote Physical Literacy in Children: ALPHYL Study Protocol.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Relationship between Learning and Psychomotor Skills in Early Childhood Education.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Online physically active academic lessons in COVID-19 times: A pilot study.Teaching and teacher education · 2022Article
- Differences in Health-Related Physical Fitness and Academic School Performance in Male Middle-School Students in Qatar: A Preliminary Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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- Analysis of Motor Intervention Program on the Development of Gross Motor Skills in Preschoolers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Effect of Verbal Instruction on Motor Learning Ability of Anaerobic and Explosive Exercises in Physical Education University Students.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Mathematics is a science which can lead to both anxiety in children and teaching difficulties in teachers. Together, these two difficulties can increase the time spent in teaching and learning mathematics. The aim of this study is to examine the efficiency of a new integrated mathematics/geometry and physical activity program, specifically structured for increasing learning in fourth-grade pupils. Thirty-six children (age 10.36±0.55) were divided into an experimental (n1 = 19) group and a control (n2 = 17) group. The experimental group of subjects learned mathematics and geometry via the integrated teaching method, while the control group of subjects learned these subjects via traditional teaching methods. We administered two ad hoc tests, before and after the intervention, in order to study its effect. One test was on geometry knowledge and the other on mathematics, in which there were questions about the implemented teaching topics: rectangles, squares and their perimeters. Using a factorial 2×2 ANOVA, the results after four weeks indicated that the group of subjects who gained their mathematics and geometry knowledge through our intervention program were significantly more successful (P<0.05) than the control group. Our results suggest that the integrated teaching method proposed here could be considered a useful and efficient method for teaching mathematics and geometry based on motor tasks.
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