“…Second, we grouped articles that examined emotional and behavioral impacts on academic performance, and those that focused on children’s, parents’, and teachers’ recollections regarding perceptions of learning ( Table 1 ). Twelve studies were conducted in Europe ( Álvarez-Guerrero et al, 2021 , Chambonnière et al, 2021 , Engzell et al, 2020 , Giménez-Dasí et al, 2020 , Haelermans et al, 2022 , Korzycka et al, 2021 , Maldonado and Witte, 2021 , Rose et al, 2021 , Scarpellini et al, 2021 , Spitzer and Musslick, 2021 , Tomasik et al, 2021 , Zagalaz-Sánchez et al, 2021 ), followed by four in Asia ( Cui et al, 2021 , Sakarneh, 2021 , Zhang et al, 2020 , Zhao et al, 2020 ), seven in North America ( Domingue et al, 2022 , Gaudreau et al, 2020 , Goldhaber et al, 2022 , Kuhfeld et al, 2022 , Kuhfeld et al, 2020 , Maulucci and Guffey, 2020 , Relyea et al, 2023 ), and one in South America ( González et al, 2022 ) ( Supplementary table ). Regarding evaluation methods, fifteen papers used standardized tests or formative assessment, eight studies used online questionnaires or surveys, and one study used an evaluation scale.…”