Author
Listed:
- Jordi Arboix-Alió
(Department of Sports Science, Ramon Llull University, FPCEE Blanquerna, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
School of Health Sciences, Ramon Llull University, FCS Blanquerna, 08025 Barcelona, Spain)
- Bernat Buscà
(Department of Sports Science, Ramon Llull University, FPCEE Blanquerna, 08025 Barcelona, Spain)
- Josep Solà
(Department of Sports Science, Ramon Llull University, FPCEE Blanquerna, 08025 Barcelona, Spain)
- Mariona Peralta-Geis
(Department of Sports Science, Ramon Llull University, FPCEE Blanquerna, 08025 Barcelona, Spain)
- Adrià Arboix
(Cerebrovascular Division, Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitari del Sagrat Cor, Universitat de Barcelona, 08029 Barcelona, Spain)
- Azahara Fort-Vanmeerhaeghe
(Department of Sports Science, Ramon Llull University, FPCEE Blanquerna, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
School of Health Sciences, Ramon Llull University, FCS Blanquerna, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
Segle XXI Female Basketball Team, Catalan Federation of Basketball, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain)
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between physical fitness and academic achievement in a sample of primary-school children. Data of 116 sixth-grade primary-school students (68 girls, 48 boys) from Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) with a mean (SD) age of 11.4 years (0.4) was analyzed. To determine academic achievement, proficiency scores in the subjects Catalan language, Spanish language, English language, and Maths were derived from the Test de Compètencies Bàsiques . Physical fitness was assessed using the Cooper test (aerobic capacity), 20-m sprint test (linear velocity), and 4 × 10-m test (agility). The results showed that participants with a higher performance in the Cooper and 20-m sprint tests had significantly better academic achievement in the assessed subjects ( p < 0.05; d range = 0.93 to −2.98). The findings of this investigation are interesting from a curricular perspective since a positive association between academic achievement and physical fitness indicates a strong reason to raise the physical education status in educational systems, a subject that has traditionally been considered less important by the educational community.
Suggested Citation
Jordi Arboix-Alió & Bernat Buscà & Josep Solà & Mariona Peralta-Geis & Adrià Arboix & Azahara Fort-Vanmeerhaeghe, 2022.
"Higher Running Speed and Cardiovascular Endurance Are Associated with Greater Level of Academic Achievement in Urban Catalan Primary School Children,"
Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-12, July.
Handle:
RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:14:p:8454-:d:859833
Download full text from publisher
Corrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:14:p:8454-:d:859833. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through
the various RePEc services.