Padial-Ruz Rosario, García-Molina Raquel, Puga-González Esther
Department of Didactics of Musical, Artistic and Corporal Expression, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
Unit of Scientific Culture of the University of Granada, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2019 Aug 5;9(8):84. doi: 10.3390/bs9080084.
(1) Background: Linking physical activity to the teaching of curricular contents provides numerous motivational and emotional benefits which improve academic performance and lead to the improvement and creation of healthy habits from an early age. (2) Method: The objective of the study is to analyze the effectiveness of a 5-week intervention program based on the use of a combined methodology of physical activity and gestures on motivation and vocabulary learning in English. The sample of children was aged from 4 to 7 years and was recruited from three children's centers in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. A quasi-experimentalstudy was carried out using a pretest-posttest design in a sample (n = 88). (3) Results: Statistically significant results were obtained in the learning of words through the combined methodology of gestures and motor activity, compared to the traditional methodology used in the control group. (4) Conclusions: The main conclusions are that motor and expressive activities at an early age can be an effective motivational resource that promotes an increase in children's physical activity time in the classroom. Further, it improves academic performance, producing a more effective learning of the vocabulary of a second language.
(1) 背景：将体育活动与课程内容教学相结合具有诸多激励和情感方面的益处，能够提高学业成绩，并从幼年起就促进健康习惯的养成与培养。(2) 方法：本研究的目的是分析一项为期5周的干预计划的有效性，该计划基于体育活动与手势相结合的方法，旨在探讨其对英语学习动机和词汇学习的影响。研究样本为4至7岁的儿童，从洪都拉斯特古西加尔巴的三个儿童中心招募而来。采用前测-后测设计，对样本（n = 88）进行了一项准实验研究。(3) 结果：与对照组使用的传统方法相比，通过手势和运动活动相结合的方法学习单词取得了具有统计学意义的结果。(4) 结论：主要结论是，幼年时期的运动和表达活动可以成为一种有效的激励资源，促进儿童在课堂上体育活动时间的增加。此外，它还能提高学业成绩，使第二语言词汇的学习更有效。
