Aj. Daley et J. Ryan, Academic performance and participation in physical activity by secondary school adolescents, PERC MOT SK, 91(2), 2000, pp. 531-534
This study investigated the relationship between adolescents' academic perf
ormance and participation in physical activity. 232 boys and girls from Yea
rs 8-11 (ages 13-16 years) were randomly selected, and their academic perfo
rmance was assessed on previous examination scores in English, Mathematics,
and Science. Participants were also asked to list all the sports-based phy
sical activities in which they normally participated during a typical week
and to indicate hour many times per week they took part in each activity an
d the duration of each. Overall, no significant correlations were found, al
though weak negative correlations were recorded between the amount of time
tin minutes) in sport and exercise and English scores for children ages 13,
14, and 16 years. A similar association was also noted for Science scores
of children 16 years old.