Active commuting to and from school is not associated with improvements in mathematics and language achievement¶
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q2 i? Reviews of active commuting found no association with mathematics and language achievement. → Barbosa Ana 2020
Evidence¶
Barbosa Ana 2020¶
Barbosa Ana, Whiting Stephen, Simmonds Philippa, Scotini Moreno Rodrigo, Mendes Romeu, Breda João. (2020). Physical Activity and Academic Achievement: An Umbrella Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165972
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Synthesis of the two included reviews of active commuting (Ruiz-Hermosa et al. [23]; Phansikar et al. [24]). The review states "Active commuting to and from school was not associated with mathematics [23,24] and language [23]"; no effect size printed.
"Active commuting to and from school was not associated with mathematics [23,24] and language [23]."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Active commuting to and from school is not significantly associated with language-related skills (pooled ES = −0.37, considerable heterogeneity)
- Pooled analysis finds no significant association between active commuting to school and mathematics performance — related
- Active commuting to and from school is not significantly associated with cognitive performance in children and adolescents (pooled ES = −0.02) — related
- Active commuting to and from school is not significantly associated with mathematics-related skills (pooled ES = −0.33, considerable heterogeneity) — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Subgroup analyses by mode of ACS, age, and sex show no significant differences in pooled effect sizes for academic outcomes — related
- Active commuting to school shows a positive association with at least one academic achievement measure in a majority of reviewed adolescent studies — reports the opposite
- Among younger children, active commuting shows negative associations with grades and reading comprehension in some studies — reports the opposite
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