- Title
- Impact of the "Thinking while Moving in English" intervention on primary school children's academic outcomes and physical activity: a cluster randomised controlled trial
- Creator
- Mavilidi, Myrto F.; Lubans, David R.; Miller, Andrew; Eather, Narelle; Morgan, Philip J.; Lonsdale, Chris; Noetel, Michael; Karayanidis, Frini; Shaw, Kylie; Riley, Nicholas
- Relation
- International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 102, no. 101592
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2020.101592
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- This study examines the impact of a classroom-based physical activity intervention on primary school students’ academic outcomes and physical activity levels. Students (N = 283) from nine primary schools located in New South Wales, Australia were randomly allocated to a control (n = 5 schools) or Thinking while Moving in English (TWM-E) (n = 4 schools) conditions. Teachers delivered three 40-min physically active English lessons per week for six weeks. The control condition continued with the usual lessons. For both conditions, assessments occurred at baseline and post-test. The TWM-E group displayed improved on-task behaviour, and improved grammar and punctuation scores. Despite minimal effect on overall physical activity levels, active lessons have important benefits for students’ on-task behaviour and literacy.
- Subject
- on-task behaviour; literacy; primary school children; physically active lessons
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1436147
- Identifier
- uon:39930
- Identifier
- ISSN:0883-0355
- Language
- eng
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