Physical activity is positively correlated with children's working memory, and integrated exercise with gestures yields the best preschool foreign-language vocabulary learning¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? A positive correlation was found between physical activity and better working memory among children aged 8–12 years. → Bidzan-Bluma Ilona 2018 q2 i? Integrated physical exercises and gestures in preschool children achieved the best foreign language vocabulary learning outcomes. → Bidzan-Bluma Ilona 2018 (2)

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

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The review's learning-and-memory section reports a positive correlation between physical activity and working memory in children aged 8–12 years, citing multiple studies. No effect size is printed.

"A positive correlation was found between physical activity and better working memory among children aged 8–12 years [4,36,65,66]."

Bidzan-Bluma Ilona 2018 (2)¶

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

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The review attributes to two intervention studies that combining "integrated physical exercises and gestures" in preschoolers achieved the best foreign language vocabulary learning outcomes. No effect size is printed.

"Research done by Mavilidi et al. [69] and Toumpaniari et al. [70] indicated that integrated physical exercises and gestures in preschool children achieved the best foreign language vocabulary learning outcomes."

Discussion¶

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