ERIC Number: EJ1418494
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
EISSN: EISSN-1467-8624
Physical Activity Intervention Improves Executive Function and Language Development during Early Childhood: The Active Early Learning Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Child Development, v95 n2 p544-558 2024
This study aimed to determine the effects of the Active Early Learning (AEL) childcare center-based physical activity intervention on early childhood executive function and expressive vocabulary via a randomized controlled trial. Three-hundred-and-fourteen preschool children (134 girls) aged 3-5 years from 15 childcare centers were randomly assigned to the intervention (8 centers; n = 170 children) or control group (7 centers, n = 144 children) in May 2019. Participants were mostly Australian (85%) and from slightly higher areas of socio-economic status than the Australian average. There was an AEL intervention effect on inhibition ([Beta] = 0.5, p = 0.033, d = 0.29) and expressive vocabulary ([Beta] = 1.97, p = 0.001, d = 0.24). Integration of the AEL physical activity intervention into the daily childcare routine was effective in enhancing children's executive function and expressive language development.
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Intervention, Child Development, Executive Function, Inhibition, Socioeconomic Status, Child Care, Language Acquisition, Expressive Language, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers, Preschool Children, Active Learning
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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