Academic Performance Clinical Trial
Official title:
ACTIVE SCHOOL - Effects on Academic Performance of Novel Approaches to Increase Physical Activity in School-children
The overall aim of ACTIVE SCHOOL is to investigate the effects of two different physical activity (PA) interventions on academic performance (AP), cognition, wellbeing, health and motivation. The two different approaches to PA in schools are based on; 1. 'Embodied cognition' focusing on fine and gross motor PA closely related and highly relevant to the learning task. 'Embodied cognition' builds upon theory suggesting that movement and performing actions leads to the construction of enhanced mental representations e.g. strengthening memory recall. This intervention is called 'MOVE & LEARN'. 2. 'Exercise and cognition theory focusing mainly on gross motor movements (e.g. aerobic exercise) which is not relevant to the learning task and with no temporal connection to the learning task. The assumed positive effects are explained by physiological adaptations leading to changes in cognition, which potentially can affect AP. This intervention is called 'RUN, JUMP & FUN'. Based on this, the aims of ACTIVE SCHOOL are to develop two types of school-based PA interventions in close collaboration with the participating teachers, students and schools AND to investigate the effects of these two interventions on AP in a large school-based cluster-RCT with an intervention length of one school year. The ACTIVE SCHOOL study consists of three phases: Phase 1) Development of the intervention, Phase 2) Pilot testing and, Pase 3) A three-armed randomized controlled trial (RCT). Participants will be students in 3rd grade (8-10 years-old) and their teachers/school pedagogues. The development phase started in August 2021 and is still ongoing. The pilot study will run in September-November 2022 and the RCT from August 2023 to June 2024. In the RCT, schools will be randomly allocated to one of three intervention/control arms: 1) 'MOVE & LEARN', 2) 'RUN, JUMP & FUN' or 3) control. Primary and secondary outcomes will be collected before and after the intervention period to assess the intervention effects. Both the pilot and RCT study has been granted approval by the local ethics committee, and all rules from the Danish Data Protection Agency and GDPR will be followed. The RCT study will follow the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines for RCT studies.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 1200 |
Est. completion date | June 2025 |
Est. primary completion date | June 2025 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 8 Years to 11 Years |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Children in 3rd grade Exclusion Criteria: - Children with cognitive or physical disabilities hindering participation in the project activities |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Denmark | University College Copenhagen | Copenhagen |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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University College Copenhagen | UCL University College, Denmark, University of Copenhagen |
Denmark,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Mathematics performance by standardized national tests. Average of three domains (algebra, geometry, and basic mathematics skills) | Danish National Test System. The tests are computerized and composed in a progressive manner, depending on the individual child's performance, such that correct answers lead to more difficult subsequent questions, and incorrect answers lead to easier subsequent questions. The final test result is therefore based on the level of difficulty, not the number of correct answers. The tests are divided into three different domains; for mathematics: algebra, geometry, and basic mathematics skills. No aids are permitted during the tests. The tests are scored on a scale from 0 to 100 in each domain. For this study, the mean of the three domains will be used for analyses | Change from baseline Mathematics performance at 10 months | |
Secondary | Reading performance by standardized tests | Hogrefe Psykologisk Forlag. (2014). | Change from baseline reading performance at 10 months | |
Secondary | Executive functions measured by a digit span test and a spatial working memory test (SWM) which assess working memory and attention | WAIS-IV Administration and Scoring Manual. San antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation (2008) and Spatial Working Memory (SWM) | Cambridge Cognition. https://www.cambridgecognition.com/cantab/cognitive-tests/executive-function/spatial-executive-function-swm/. | Change from baseline executive function measures at 10 months | |
Secondary | Objective PA measurements by accelerometry for one week | ActiGraph GT3X+, LLC, Pensacola, Florida, USA | Change from baseline objective PA measurements at 10 months | |
Secondary | Cardiorespiratory fitness using a validated modified shuttle run test | Andersen, L. B., Andersen, T. E., Andersen, E. & Anderssen, S. A. An intermittent running test to estimate maximal oxygen uptake: the Andersen test. J. Sport. Med. Phys. Fit. 48, 434-437 (2008) | Change from baseline cardiorespiratory fitness at 10 months | |
Secondary | Anthropometry (stature, body mass, waist circumference and puberty status) | Tanner, J. M. Growth and maturation during adolescence. Nutr. Rev 39, 43-55 (1981). | Change from baseline anthopometry measures at 10 months | |
Secondary | Register data on socioeconomic status (SES) and education of parents | Danmarks_Statistik. Data for research, Statistics Denmark. Research data (2019 | Baseline | |
Secondary | Questionnaires (parental health, diseases diagnosed in the participating children, sleep, diet) | Custom made | Baseline | |
Secondary | Questionnaire of quality of life | The KIDSCREEN-27 quality of life measure for children and adolescents: psychometric results from a cross-cultural survey in 13 European countries. Quality of life research. vol. 16 1347-1356 (2007). | Change from baseline Kidscreen-27 at 10 months | |
Secondary | Questionnaire of intrinsic motivation and feeling of enjoyment, competence, autonomy and relatedness | Self-Determination. Intrinsic Motivation Inventory. | Change from baseline Intrinsic Motivation Inventory at 10 months |
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