Extracurricular music and visual arts activities are related to academic performance improvement in school-aged children

Abstract The present longitudinal study examined whether extracurricular activities in the arts and corresponding scores in art classes have a positive association with general academic performance. Data were collected from 488 seventh-grade children (259 boys and 229 girls) for over two years. Info...

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Main Authors: Chiaki Ishiguro, Toru Ishihara, Noriteru Morita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:npj Science of Learning
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-023-00155-0