Students report higher enjoyment of active classrooms than of traditional classrooms¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r2 · q3 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q3 i2 Pooled across six studies, enjoyment ratings are higher for active classrooms (SMD = 0.68, 95% CI 0.35 to 1.02). → Bedard Chloe 2019

Evidence¶

Bedard Chloe 2019¶

Bedard Chloe, St John Laura, Bremer Emily, Graham Jeffrey D., Cairney John. (2019). A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of physically active classrooms on educational and enjoyment outcomes in school age children. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218633

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Meta-analysis of six studies (n = 148) using primarily single-item pictorial Likert scales. Table 2 reports SMD = 0.68 (95% CI 0.35 to 1.02); preschool subgroup SMD = 0.85 (0.32 to 1.38), primary-school subgroup SMD = 0.58 (0.14 to 1.01).

"Six studies measured students’ enjoyment of active classrooms compared to traditional classrooms, primarily using single-item pictorial Likert scales. Pooled estimates consistently show higher levels of enjoyment of active classrooms and the 95% CI excludes no effect (See Table 2 and Fig 5)."

Discussion¶

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• Increasing school physical education time shows small-to-medium effects on achievement while active classrooms show mixed effects compared with traditional sedentary classrooms — related