Differential effects of changes in cardiorespiratory fitness on worst- and best- school subjects

Abstract Accumulating evidence shows a beneficial association between physical fitness and school children’s academic performance. However, several other studies have failed to demonstrate such an association. We reanalyzed data of a two-year longitudinal study of the association between changes in...

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Autores principales:	Toru Ishihara, Noriteru Morita, Toshihiro Nakajima, Koji Yamatsu, Koichi Okita, Masato Sagawa, Keita Kamijo
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/cd84c6b270284831aef3a35b0bdefee4
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cd84c6b270284831aef3a35b0bdefee42021-12-02T13:26:49ZDifferential effects of changes in cardiorespiratory fitness on worst- and best- school subjects10.1038/s41539-021-00086-82056-7936https://doaj.org/article/cd84c6b270284831aef3a35b0bdefee42021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-021-00086-8https://doaj.org/toc/2056-7936Abstract Accumulating evidence shows a beneficial association between physical fitness and school children’s academic performance. However, several other studies have failed to demonstrate such an association. We reanalyzed data of a two-year longitudinal study of the association between changes in cardiorespiratory fitness and academic performance of school children by focusing on intra-individual variability in grade points as a possible source of this discrepancy. We analyzed data from 469 junior high school students to examine if improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness had a differential effect on an individual student’s worst and best grade points. Results indicated that improvements in physical fitness were associated with an improvement in the worst grade points. On the contrary, we did not observe a similar longitudinal association with the best grade points. These findings suggest that improving cardiorespiratory fitness improves the worst grade points of an individual, selectively. We suggest that intra-individual variability in grade points might moderate the association between physical fitness and academic performance changes.Toru IshiharaNoriteru MoritaToshihiro NakajimaKoji YamatsuKoichi OkitaMasato SagawaKeita KamijoNature PortfolioarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571ENnpj Science of Learning, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Toru Ishihara Noriteru Morita Toshihiro Nakajima Koji Yamatsu Koichi Okita Masato Sagawa Keita Kamijo Differential effects of changes in cardiorespiratory fitness on worst- and best- school subjects
description	Abstract Accumulating evidence shows a beneficial association between physical fitness and school children’s academic performance. However, several other studies have failed to demonstrate such an association. We reanalyzed data of a two-year longitudinal study of the association between changes in cardiorespiratory fitness and academic performance of school children by focusing on intra-individual variability in grade points as a possible source of this discrepancy. We analyzed data from 469 junior high school students to examine if improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness had a differential effect on an individual student’s worst and best grade points. Results indicated that improvements in physical fitness were associated with an improvement in the worst grade points. On the contrary, we did not observe a similar longitudinal association with the best grade points. These findings suggest that improving cardiorespiratory fitness improves the worst grade points of an individual, selectively. We suggest that intra-individual variability in grade points might moderate the association between physical fitness and academic performance changes.
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author	Toru Ishihara Noriteru Morita Toshihiro Nakajima Koji Yamatsu Koichi Okita Masato Sagawa Keita Kamijo
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title	Differential effects of changes in cardiorespiratory fitness on worst- and best- school subjects
title_short	Differential effects of changes in cardiorespiratory fitness on worst- and best- school subjects
title_full	Differential effects of changes in cardiorespiratory fitness on worst- and best- school subjects
title_fullStr	Differential effects of changes in cardiorespiratory fitness on worst- and best- school subjects
title_full_unstemmed	Differential effects of changes in cardiorespiratory fitness on worst- and best- school subjects
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publisher	Nature Portfolio
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url	https://doaj.org/article/cd84c6b270284831aef3a35b0bdefee4
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Differential effects of changes in cardiorespiratory fitness on worst- and best- school subjects

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