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Girls who engage in sport at least one hour per week show better math and reading results; this relationship did not hold for boys

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Girls engaging in sport for at least one hour per week had significantly better math and reading results than girls who did not; the relationship was not found for boys. → Bidzan-Bluma Ilona 2018

Evidence

Bidzan-Bluma Ilona 2018

Bidzan-Bluma Ilona, Lipowska Małgorzata. (2018). Physical Activity and Cognitive Functioning of Children: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15040800

q2 · i? · associational · r?

The review attributes this finding to Carlson et al.: sport-participating girls had "significantly better results in math and reading" than non-participating girls, with no such relationship for boys. No effect size is printed.

"Research by Carlson et al. [49] showed that girls who engage in sport for at least one hour per week had significantly better results in math and reading than girls who did not do at least one hour of sport. This relationship was not found to hold for boys in this study."

Discussion

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type claim
id girls-sport-one-hour-better-math-reading
title Girls who engage in sport at least one hour per week show better math and reading results; this relationship did not hold for boys
description Girls who engage in sport at least one hour per week show better math and reading results; this relationship did not hold for boys
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 2018
generated by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-16
trust unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
sources 1 — bidzan-bluma-ilona-2018

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