The effect of differing intensities of acute cycling on preadolescent academic achievement

Duncan, Michael; Johnson, Andrew

doi:10.1080/17461391.2013.802372

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“…The findings of the present study, that only word reading scores were significantly different between rest and exercise, matches similar studies using the WrAT test exercise that found improved reading comprehension but not spelling or arithmetic [8] or improved spelling and reading scores [10]. These positive benefits could be attributed to the cognitive benefits resulting from physical activity [1,2] particularly immediate and delayed recall [11].…”

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“…These positive benefits could be attributed to the cognitive benefits resulting from physical activity [1,2] particularly immediate and delayed recall [11]. The results also support those of [8,10] in that acute bouts of class based exercise have an adverse effect on arithmetic.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…Future alterations to the order of administration of the WrAT are limited by the test procedure itself. The order of administration of the tests in the present study followed guidance on use of the WrAT [12] and the way prior studies using this test have employed it [8,10]. Firstly, Word reading was administered, then Sentence Comprehension, Spelling and lastly Math Computation.…”

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“…This study argued that cycling uses less metabolic energy compared with running and that running resulted in greater 'neural interference' and more cognitive demands for movement. Duncan and Johnson [10] also used cycle ergometer training at differing intensities and found that spelling and reading were improved, arithmetic impaired and sentence comprehension unaffected. While the potential for acute exercise to enhance academic achievement is attractive for educational practitioners/teachers, it is impractical for schools to use cycle ergometers or treadmills on a whole class basis.…”

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“…Circuit training is one such modality which has shown benefit cognitive function and recall ability [11] and is easily operationalised in the school setting. No studies appear to have examined whether the changes seen in the aforementioned laboratory studies [8][9][10] can translate to the school setting in a practical way.…”

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Exercise and academic achievement in children: Effects of acute class-based circuit training

Dickinson¹,

Duncan²,

Eyre³

2018

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Purpose. For schools, the increasingly imposed requirement to achieve well in academic tests puts increasing emphasis on improving academic achievement. While treadmill exercise has been shown to have beneficial effects on cognitive function and cycling ergometers produce stronger effect sizes than treadmill running, it is impractical for schools to use these on a whole-class basis. There is a need to examine if more ecologically valid modes of exercise might have a similar impact on academic achievement. Circuit training is one such modality shown to benefit cognitive function and recall ability and is easily operationalised within schools. Methods. In a repeated measures design, twenty-six children (17 boys, 8 girls) aged 10-11 years (mean age 10.3; SD ± 0.46 years) completed the Wide range Achievement Test (WrAT 4) at rest and following 30 minutes of exercise. Results. Standardised scores for word reading were significantly higher post exercise (F(1,18) = 49.9, p = 0.0001) compared to rest. In contrast, standardised scores for sentence comprehension (F(1,18) = 0.078, p = 0.783), spelling (F(1,18) = 4.07, p = 0.06) mathematics (F(1,18) = 1.257, p = 0.277), and reading (F(1,18) = 2.09, p = 0.165) were not significantly different between rest and exercise conditions. Conclusions. The results of the current study suggest acute bouts of circuit based exercise enhances word reading but not other areas of academic ability in 10-11 year old children. These findings support prior research that indicates acute bouts of exercise can selectively improve cognition in children.

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