ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Relationships between Motor Skills and Academic Achievement in School-Aged Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.
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- Evaluation of Reaction Time and Hand-Eye Coordination in Schoolchildren Using Wearable Sensor-Based Systems: A Study with Neural Trainer Devices.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Tracing the Cognitive-Motor Connection: Prospective-Longitudinal Associations Between Early Parent-Toddler Literacy Activities and Subsequent Gross Motor Skills at School Entry.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Environmental and Genetic Influences on Developmental Outcomes Across the Domains of Language, Cognition, Motor Function, and Social Behavior.The European journal of neuroscience · 2025Article
- Study of body composition and motor competence in children from the 1st basic cycle and their relationship with school performance.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Turkish Translation and Cultural Adaptation of the Motor Planning Maze Assessment (MPMA).Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Fundamental motor skills, executive functions, and academic achievement of Chinese schoolchildren: Testing a mediating model.PloS one · 2025Article
- Beyond the Classroom: Investigating the Relationship between Psychomotor Development and Academic Achievement in 4-12-Year-Olds.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeThis review systematically summarizes the studies of the relationship between primary-to-secondary school students' motor skills and academic achievement, and analyzes the relationship between gross and fine motor skills and performance in different subjects.
methodFive electronic databases, Web Of Science, PubMed, PsycINFO, SPORTDiscus, and Academic Search Premier, were searched in March 2023. Semi-quantitative assessment methods were used to analyze the results of the included studies.
resultsSeventy-eight articles were included in this systematic review. The semi-quantitative assessment results showed that gross (+, 65.0/62.5%) and fine motor skills (+, 83.3/80%) were positively correlated with overall performance and language performance, with ≥60% of the associations in the same direction. For different subjects, fine motor skills were positively correlated with students' mathematics (+, 75.0%), reading (+, 72.7%), writing (+, 66.7%), and spelling (+, 60.0%) scores. However, the association between gross motor skills and students' mathematics achievement (?, 52.8%), reading (?, 53.8%), and spelling (?, 50.0%) is uncertain, with <60% of the associations in the same direction.
conclusionsIt is wise to direct our gaze toward the evolution of motor skills among students, especially primary school students. Different motor skill intervention modes should be selected in a targeted manner according to different subject achievements.
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