In-classroom physical activity breaks significantly improve primary school children's spelling performance¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r1 · q3 · i3 large
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i3 IcPAB had a statistically significant, large pooled effect on spelling performance (SMD = 2.13, p = 0.03). → Peiris D. L. I. H. K. 2022

Evidence¶

Peiris D. L. I. H. K. 2022¶

Peiris D. L. I. H. K., Duan Yanping, Vandelanotte Corneel, Liang Wei, Yang Min, Baker Julien Steven. (2022). Effects of In-Classroom Physical Activity Breaks on Children’s Academic Performance, Cognition, Health Behaviours and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159479

q3 · i3 · quant-synthesis · r1

Meta-analysis of a single study (Egger et al., two intervention arms, n = 188 students) evaluating spelling. The pooled SMD = 2.13 was statistically significant (p = 0.03) with low heterogeneity (I2 = 11%); the review hedges that breaks "might have an impact".

"The result with a statistically significant, large, pooled effect estimate (SMD = 2.13, 95% CI [0.21 to 4.05], p = 0.03; I2 = 11%, p = 0.45) confirmed that the classroom-based physical activity breaks might have an impact on primary school kids’ spelling performance"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• In-classroom physical activity breaks significantly improve primary school children's foreign language learning — related
• In-classroom physical activity breaks show no significant effect on primary school children's mathematics performance — related
• In-classroom physical activity breaks show no significant effect on primary school children's reading performance — related
• In-classroom physical activity breaks show no significant effects on children's executive function and attention outcomes — related
• Classroom active breaks show no reliable effect on mathematical fluency — related
• Classroom physical activity increases children's on-task behaviour, with no consistent gain on attention or other cognitive tests — related
• Classroom-based physical activity improves academic achievement when progress monitoring tools are the outcome measure (pooled SMD = 1.03) — related
• The academic benefit of active classrooms is larger in preschool children than in primary or middle school children — related