Relationships between Motor Skills and Academic Achievement in School-Aged Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This review systematically summarizes the studies of the relationship between primary-to-secondary school students' motor skills and academic achievement, and analyzes the relationship between gross and fine motor skills and performance in different subjects.

Method

Five electronic databases, Web Of Science, PubMed, PsycINFO, SPORTDiscus, and Academic Search Premier, were searched in March 2023. Semi-quantitative assessment methods were used to analyze the results of the included studies.

Results

Seventy-eight articles were included in this systematic review. The semi-quantitative assessment results showed that gross (+, 65.0/62.5%) and fine motor skills (+, 83.3/80%) were positively correlated with overall performance and language performance, with ≥60% of th

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10969452 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature