Open AccessMOTOR DEVELOPMENT HAS A POSITIVE CORRELATION TO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Rodrigo Carlos Toscano Ferreira,
Fernanda García,
Ronê Paiano,
Silvana Maria Blascovi–Assis,
Luiz Renato Rodrigues Carreiro
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2411-2933
DOI - 10.31686/ijier.vol9.iss5.3110
Subject(s) - portuguese , motor skill , cognition , positive correlation , psychology , correlation , association (psychology) , academic achievement , cognitive development , developmental psychology , medicine , mathematics , philosophy , linguistics , geometry , neuroscience , psychotherapist
Some studies have investigated the association between motor development and cognitive skills. The present study aims to correlate motor development and academic performance in 79 students between 7 to 9 years old from a private school in São Paulo-Brazil. We used the Movement Assessment Battery for Children - Second Edition (MABC-2) to assess the motor development and the results of school report in Portuguese and Mathematics as a measure of academic performance. Pearson's correlation analysis showed a positive association between motor development and cognitive skills, evidencing that students who had better academic performance, also obtained better scores in motor performance. The association between MABC-2 total score and Portuguese grade, for example, obtained a significant correlation of p <0.014. Further studies should be carried out to understand if motor development improve can modulate cognitive skills.