Motor activities combined with high integration and high relevance produce the largest positive effects on memory, per a meta-analysis cited by the review¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? In the meta-analysis by Mavilidi et al. (2022), the largest positive effects on memory were achieved when motor activities combined high integration with high relevance. → Alexander Skulmowski 2024

Evidence¶

Alexander Skulmowski 2024¶

Alexander Skulmowski. (2024). Learning by Doing or Doing Without Learning? The Potentials and Challenges of Activity-Based Learning. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09869-y

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The review reports a meta-analysis of movement-based learning in which integration is defined as the temporal connection between movements and tasks and relevance as the correspondence between movements and content. It found "the largest positive effects on memory" for the high-integration, high-relevance combination; no effect size is printed.

"The meta-analysis by Mavilidi et al. (2022) revealed that the largest positive effects on memory were achieved using the combination of a high integration and a high relevance."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Domain Context — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it
• Long-Term Memory — outcome: instruction changes it

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