*Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India
**Research Assistant, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India
Online published on 28 March, 2018.
The aim of this analysis was to systematically assess and meta-analyze the effects of physical activities or exercise on academic achievements including academic behavior and cognitive skills
We carry out a systematic review of the literature between 2010 to 2017 in representative databases for the effect of physical activities or exercise training on academic achievements including language, reading and mathematics-related skills. Our Inclusion criteria which are not considering the journals published before 2010. Exclusion criteria are followed that physically and mentally challenged pupils are skipped.
The assessments are arranged as country views and Positive values represent a direct relationship between physical activity influence in academic achievement scores. Out 100 articles 50 articles met our inclusion criteria. Among these 25 articles from USA give positive relations on academic performance, as well as 10 articles from UK, 6 articles from India, 3 articles from Canada, 3 articles from Norway and 3 articles from Finland also report as physical activity helps to enhancing the academic performance also.
Physical activity, especially physical education, benefits several aspects of academic achievement, such as mathematics-related skills, reading, and composite etc. Physical activities also help to improve their academic behavior such us task behavior, attendance etc. Cognitive skills such as attention, memory, concentration and mood also developed due to physical activity.
Physical Activities, Academic Performance
