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  • Educational psychology
  • Cognitive development

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  • Classroom-based physical activity interventions are explored to enhance academic outcomes.
  • Understanding the dose-response relationship of exercise breaks is crucial for optimizing student learning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the acute dose-response relationship between classroom exercise breaks (5, 10, 20 minutes) and executive function/math performance in 9- to 12-year-old children.
  • To compare the effects of varying durations of exercise breaks against a sedentary classroom activity.

Main Methods:

  • A within-subjects experimental design was used with 96 4th and 5th graders.
  • Participants completed executive function and math tests before and after 5-min, 10-min, or 20-min exercise breaks, and a 10-min sedentary lesson.
  • Repeated-measures mixed models analyzed posttest scores, controlling for covariates and potential effect modifiers.

Main Results:

  • Math scores significantly improved after 10-min (d = 0.24) and 20-min (d = 0.27) exercise breaks compared to the sedentary condition.
  • No significant improvements were observed in executive function tasks.
  • Interactions with gender, IQ, and aerobic fitness were noted for math performance.

Conclusions:

  • A 10-minute or 20-minute classroom exercise break can moderately enhance math performance in elementary students.
  • Classroom exercise breaks may be a viable strategy to support academic achievement, specifically in mathematics.