Full-body movement training during number building exercises significantly increases first-graders' final math test performance compared to non-movement control training¶

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q3 i2 Children who received math training with movements performed significantly better on the final math test than children who practiced without movements (η2=0.05). → Margina Ruiter & Sofie Loyens & Fred Paas 2015

Evidence¶

Margina Ruiter & Sofie Loyens & Fred Paas 2015¶

Margina Ruiter & Sofie Loyens & Fred Paas. (2015). Watch Your Step Children! Learning Two-Digit Numbers Through Mirror-Based Observation of Self-Initiated Body Movements. Educ Psychol Rev (2015) 27:457–474. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-015-9324-4

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Randomized four-condition experiment with 118 first-graders (after excluding four children scoring zero); one-way ANOVA with planned contrasts on a final math test in the 10–99 range. The contrast showed movement conditions (M=8.23, SD=2.21) beat controls (M=7.18, SD=2.65), "η2=0.05".

"the planned contrasts revealed that having math training with movements significantly increased performance on the final math test compared to the non-movement control groups, t(110)=2.32, p=0.01 (one-tailed), η2=0.05"

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Related Claims¶

• Mirror-based self-observation of self-initiated body movements does not differentially affect number building performance during training or on the final math test — related
• Movement conditions outperform non-movement controls during the practice phase on both position and instruction scores — related