Acute physical activity improves language performance overall (g = 0.28 multivariate), driven by reading, with no significant effect on spelling or sentence comprehension¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · quant-synthesis r3 · q3 · i1–i2
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Subclaims¶

q3 i1 Three studies showed acute physical activity favored an increase in language performance (univariate g = 0.21; multivariate g = 0.28). → Muntaner-Mas A 2024 q3 i2 Reading performance increased significantly (g = 0.41), but spelling (g = 0.08) and sentence comprehension (g = -0.09) did not; reading lost significance in the multivariate model. → Muntaner-Mas A 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Muntaner-Mas A 2024¶

Muntaner-Mas A, Morales JS, Martínez-de-Quel Ó, Lubans DR, García-Hermoso A. (2024). Acute effect of physical activity on academic outcomes in school-aged youth: A systematic review and multivariate meta-analysis. Scand J Med Sci Sports. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14479

q3 · i1 · quant-synthesis · r3

Univariate and multivariate meta-analysis of three studies assessing language via WRAT-3 and WRAT-4. Both pooled estimates were significant, with the multivariate estimate "Hedge's g = 0.28, 95% CI, 0.09-0.47".

"Acute physical activity favored an increase in this domain (univariate: Hedge's g = 0.21, 95% CI, 0.04-0.38, p = 0.020, I 2 = 0%; multivariate: Hedge's g = 0.28, 95% CI, 0.09-0.47, p = 0.004, I 2 = 47.87%)"

Muntaner-Mas A 2024 (2)¶

Muntaner-Mas A, Morales JS, Martínez-de-Quel Ó, Lubans DR, García-Hermoso A. (2024). Acute effect of physical activity on academic outcomes in school-aged youth: A systematic review and multivariate meta-analysis. Scand J Med Sci Sports. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14479

q3 · i2 · quant-synthesis · r3

Sub-group univariate meta-analysis of language sub-domains. Reading showed a significant increase (g = 0.41), while sentence comprehension and spelling did not. The article reports that in the multivariate model significance disappears in reading (g = 0.34, p = 0.161).

"a significant increase was observed in reading performance (Hedge's g = 0.41, 95% CI, 0.07-0.76, p = 0.018, I 2 = 0%), but not in sentence comprehension (Hedge's g = -0.09, 95% CI, -0.90 to 0.71, p = 0.821, I 2 = 0%), and spelling performance (Hedge's g = 0.08, 95% CI, -0.25 to 0.41, p = 0.604, I 2 = 0%)"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Syntax — outcome: instruction changes it

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