Enhancements in Cognitive Performance and Academic Achievement in Adolescents through the Hybridization of an Instructional Model with Gamification in Physical Education
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Materia
Model-based learning Mental health Physical activity Cognitive functions Active learning
Fecha
2021Referencia bibliográfica
Melero-Cañas, D.; Morales-Baños, V.; Ardoy, D.N.; Manzano-Sánchez, D.; ValeroValenzuela, A. Enhancements in Cognitive Performance and Academic Achievement in Adolescents through the Hybridization of an Instructional Model with Gamification in Physical Education. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5966. https://doi.org/10.3390/ su13115966
Resumen
An educational physical education (PE) hybridization program based on the personal
and social responsibility model and gamification strategies was used in order to explore the effect
on cognitive performance and academic achievement. A 9-month group-randomized controlled
trial was conducted, with 150 participants (age: 14.63 ± 1.38) allocated into the control group (CG,
n = 37) and experimental group (EG, n = 113). Inhibition, verbal fluency, planning, and academic
achievement were assessed. Significant differences were observed in the post-test for cognitive
inhibition, verbal fluency (named animals), and the mean of both verbal fluency tasks in favor of
the EG. With regard to the intervention, verbal fluency (named animals), verbal fluency (named
vegetables), the mean of both verbal fluency tasks, cognitive inhibition, language, the average of
all subjects, the average of all subjects except PE, and the average from the core subjects increased
significantly in the EG. Values for the last five variables (academic variables and cognitive inhibition)
in addition to mathematics also increased in the CG. This study contributes to the current knowledge
by suggesting that both methodologies produced improvements in the measured variables, but the
use of the hybridization resulted in improvements in cognitive performance, specifically with regard
to cognitive inhibition and verbal fluency.