Effects of ALCs on physical activity are mixed, with some studies showing lower PA in ALCs than traditional classrooms¶
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q2 i? Of five studies on PA, two reported increases in total PA, but others found lower light PA, total PA and MVPA in ALC students. → Sánchez-López M 2025
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Sánchez-López M 2025¶
Sánchez-López M, Violero-Mellado J, Martínez-Vizcaíno V, Laukkanen A, Sääkslahti A, Visier-Alfonso ME. (2025). Impact and perceptions of Active Learning Classrooms on reducing sedentary behaviour and improving physical and mental health and academic indicators in children and adolescents: A scoping review. PLoS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0317973
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Narrative synthesis of five studies measuring PA by accelerometer; the review reports both increases in total PA and lower light PA, total PA and MVPA in ALCs versus traditional classrooms.
"Of the five studies [16, 18, 32, 33, 35] that analysed the association or effect of ALCs on PA during school hours, two studies reported an increase in total PA [16, 18] and one in moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) in 3rd graders [32]. In contrast, schoolchildren attending ALCs accumulated lower levels of light PA [32], total PA [33] and MVPA [35] than students in traditional classrooms."
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Related Claims¶
- ALCs show sex-differentiated effects on mental health: improvements in girls, no improvement or worsening in boys — related
- Active Learning Classrooms predominantly reduce sitting time and increase standing time in children and adolescents — related
- ALC interventions have no observed effect on adiposity and no clear negative effect on musculoskeletal pain — related
- Upright active desks reduce classroom sitting time and increase standing time in primary-school children — related
- Increasing school physical education time shows small-to-medium effects on achievement while active classrooms show mixed effects compared with traditional sedentary classrooms — related
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