Department of Physical Education, No.162, Sec. 1, Heping E. Rd., Da'an Dist., Taipei, 10610, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Department of Statistics and Information Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan.
BMC Pediatr. 2019 Jan 17;19(1):25. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1384-4.
The objective of the current study was to examine whether the relation between aerobic fitness and academic achievement during adolescence is subject-dependent, and to investigate cumulative and recency effects.
This study made use of two nationwide datasets. The first was the aerobic fitness profile of junior high school students collected by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan. The second contained the scores on the Basic Competence Test for Junior High School Students (BCTJH). The sample consisted of 382,259 students who completed the BCTJH in the 5 years between 2009 and 2013. Data on each student's aerobic fitness during their three years of junior high school were matched with their exam results at the end of this period.
The results revealed that students classified as highly-fit during at least one of the three years had higher BCTJH scores than those who never achieved this level, with the size of effect increasing with the length of time that fitness was maintained. Additionally, aerobic fitness in the final year was more closely linked to BCTJH scores than that in the earlier two years. Fitness was also more strongly associated with exam performance in math, science and social science, relative to language-related subjects.
Our findings suggest that while aerobic fitness is positively related to academic achievement in Taiwanese junior high school students, the relationship depends on academic subject, as well as the length and time of being aerobically fit.
本研究旨在考察青少年时期有氧运动能力与学业成绩之间的关系是否具有学科依赖性，并探讨累积和近期效应。
本研究使用了两个全国性数据集。第一个是由台湾教育部收集的初中生有氧运动能力档案。第二个数据集包含了初中生基本能力测验（BCTJH）的分数。样本由 2009 年至 2013 年期间完成 BCTJH 的 382,259 名学生组成。每位学生在初中三年期间的有氧运动能力数据与他们在这段时间结束时的考试成绩相匹配。
结果表明，至少在三年中的一年被归类为高适应度的学生比从未达到这一水平的学生 BCTJH 分数更高，且随着适应度保持时间的延长，效果的大小也随之增加。此外，最后一年的有氧运动能力与 BCTJH 分数的相关性比前两年更强。与语言相关科目相比，有氧运动能力与数学、科学和社会科学等科目的考试成绩的相关性更强。
我们的研究结果表明，尽管在台湾初中生中，有氧运动能力与学业成绩呈正相关，但这种关系取决于学科、持续时间和适应度时间。
