Examining the Relationship between Fitness Scores and Academic Achievement in Middle School Students
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2018-07
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Masters of Education
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine whether students who achieved high levels of fitness
would achieve higher quarterly grades in English and math. The measurement tool used was the
Fitnessgram fitness assessment and quarterly grades. This study
investigated
whether students
who achieved a healthy fitness zone on the curl-up, push-up, or P.A.C.E.R. (Progressive Aerobic
Capacity Endurance Run) fitness tests would have higher quarterly grades than their peers who
did not
achieve healthy fitness zone. The results were not statistically significant in favor of the
students who achieved healthy fitness zone having higher quarterly grades. However,
descriptively students who achieved healthy fitness zone had a higher grade-point average in
fourteen of the nineteen comparisons. As educators look to address all factors that influence a
student’s academic achievement there is a need for further research to investigate the relationship
between being physically fit and academic achievement as measured by quarterly grades.