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Relationships between Motor Skills and Academic Achievement in School-Aged Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.
- Source :
- Children; Mar2024, Vol. 11 Issue 3, p336, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
-
Abstract
- Purpose: This review systematically summarizes the studies of the relationship between primary-to-secondary school students' motor skills and academic achievement, and analyzes the relationship between gross and fine motor skills and performance in different subjects. Method: Five electronic databases, Web Of Science, PubMed, PsycINFO, SPORTDiscus, and Academic Search Premier, were searched in March 2023. Semi-quantitative assessment methods were used to analyze the results of the included studies. Results: Seventy-eight articles were included in this systematic review. The semi-quantitative assessment results showed that gross (+, 65.0/62.5%) and fine motor skills (+, 83.3/80%) were positively correlated with overall performance and language performance, with ≥60% of the associations in the same direction. For different subjects, fine motor skills were positively correlated with students' mathematics (+, 75.0%), reading (+, 72.7%), writing (+, 66.7%), and spelling (+, 60.0%) scores. However, the association between gross motor skills and students' mathematics achievement (?, 52.8%), reading (?, 53.8%), and spelling (?, 50.0%) is uncertain, with <60% of the associations in the same direction. Conclusions: It is wise to direct our gaze toward the evolution of motor skills among students, especially primary school students. Different motor skill intervention modes should be selected in a targeted manner according to different subject achievements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MOTOR ability
READING
LANGUAGE & languages
SPORTS
MATHEMATICS
MENTAL health
HIGH school students
EXECUTIVE function
INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems
MIDDLE school students
SYSTEMATIC reviews
MEDLINE
ACADEMIC achievement
SCHOOL children
ONLINE information services
QUALITY assurance
DATA analysis software
PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems
ORTHOGRAPHY & spelling
COGNITION
ADOLESCENCE
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279067
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Children
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176304031
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children11030336