ArticleNPJ science of learning2023
Extracurricular music and visual arts activities are related to academic performance improvement in school-aged children.
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- Cognitive enrichment through art: a randomized controlled trial on the effect of music or visual arts group practice on cognitive and brain development of young children.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Trial
- Sleep and participation in extracurricular activities moderate associations between low SES and brain structure and functional connectivity.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2026Article
- Arts participation and mental health: evidence from the Chinese general social survey.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Effects of Music Training on Social, Behavioral, and Academic Skills of Children with Cochlear Implants from the School Teacher's Perspective.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2025Article
- Effect of out-of-school visual art activities on academic performance. The mediating role of socioeconomic status.PloS one · 2024Article
- The impact of Chinese adolescents visual art participation on self-efficacy: A serial mediating role of cognition and emotion.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
The present longitudinal study examined whether extracurricular activities in the arts and corresponding scores in art classes have a positive association with general academic performance. Data were collected from 488 seventh-grade children (259 boys and 229 girls) for over two years. Information regarding their participation in extracurricular activities in music and visual arts, grade points in general academic performance (i.e., Japanese, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, and English), music, and arts were obtained at the end of the seventh and ninth grades. Structural equation modeling revealed that participation in extracurricular activities in both music and visual arts was positively associated with improvements in general academic performance from the seventh and ninth grades, and these associations were related to changes in music and visual arts scores. This finding suggests that arts education can contribute to improving general academic performance; however, the current study shows correlational relationships. Future research should examine the causal relationship between art involvement and academic performance by controlling for other factors (e.g., IQ, motivation, etc.).
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