The improvement of the academic ability of elementary school students by carrying out exercises to the music was carried out in Mongolia by Kenji Takehara, Director of Policy Science Research, National Center for Child Health and Development, Researcher Ai Aoki, and Professor Hideaki Seiya of the University of Tsukuba Physical Education. It turned out in a scale survey.
According to the University of Tsukuba, the research group conducted a survey of 2,301 elementary school students attending a public elementary school in Ulaanbaatar, jointly with the University of Physical Education in Mongolia.Exercises such as jumping, squats, and steps to music are divided into schools that do jumps, squats, steps, etc. 2-3 times a week for 10 weeks and schools that do not do it at all. Perfect score) The change in grades was investigated.
As a result, it was found that the increase in average score was 8.4 points higher in urban areas and 9.6 points higher in suburbs than schools that did not exercise.Various studies have shown that exercise promotes brain development and enhances cognitive function and concentration, and the research group speculates that the effects of exercise have been shown in the test results.
Large-scale studies demonstrating that exercise improves academic ability are rare and the first in developing countries such as Mongolia.The research group says that by incorporating an exercise program that can be enjoyed at school, it has gained knowledge that not only physical effects such as obesity prevention but also improvement of academic ability can be realized.
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