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Lazy 8 brain gym
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  • 12 weeks of intervention using 12 Brain Gym movements in the classroom.
  • 24 children from area of high unemployment and socio-economic decline in NW England.
  • ■ Brain Gym from beginning ■ Controls ■ Brain Gym from week 10

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    After 14.5 weeks into the experiment, the group who were initially the control group had done 4.5 weeks of Brain Gym and their reading grade improved by 0.4 or 4 months, but this was not significant at 95% confidence levels.

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  • One student in the Brain Gym group started with a grade score of 1.4 and ended the year-long programme with a grade score of 4.4, an improvement of 3 years in reading age.
  • Reading Grade improved by 0.09 in 10 weeks for the control group (i.e.
  • Reading Grade improved by 0.63 in 10 weeks for the Brain Gym group (i.e.
  • © Copyright Educational Kinesiology Trust UK 2009 The Brain Gym Journal XVII (3), 3 and 10-11.
  • Statistically significant improvements in reading were observed for the 10 week Brain Gym intervention group.įrom TRAHAN, T.
  • Because significant improvements in reading were observed for the Brain Gym group, the control group then began Brain Gym activities after 10 weeks.
  • Initially 15 children did Brain Gym activities combined with extra balance work and 9 poor readers acted as controls, for 10 weeks.
  • US 3rd Grade students, performing in the bottom 25% of the school (poor readers).
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    PDF available at ĭodson (2006) - 27 “at risk” children (4th Grade, 9 – 10 yrs) 10ĭodson (2006) - 27 “at risk” children (4th Grade, 9 – 10 yrs) 8īrain Gym group reading grade improved by 1 ½ years in one school year, helping improve confidence and social engagement.

  • Carmel Dodson reports that the children had learned to love reading and had gained in social skills.
  • 1.7 months of improvement per month of intervention.
  • This is a statistically significant improvement at 95% confidence.
  • Group Mean Reading Grade AFTER 10 months of Brain Gym = 5.3 now 4 months ahead.
  • 3 months behind a typical student of this age.
  • Group Mean Reading Grade BEFORE Brain Gym = 3.7, i.e.
  • 10 months of Brain Gym movements used in the classroom.
  • 27 children considered “academically at risk”, 4th Grade, 9 - 10 years old.
  • Reading age improvement for the Brain Gym group was over four months more than the control group improvement.
  • All children were initially about 3 months behind the average in reading.
  • Spielmann (2005)– Master’s thesis 7 to 8 yr old children Average reading grade
  • Teacher for the Brain Gym group reported an increase in innovative thinking and enhanced self esteem.
  • 1.05 months of improvement per month of intervention for Brain Gym group compared to 0.4 months per month elapsed for the control group.
  • The Brain Gym group improved their reading grade significantly more than the control group (at 95% confidence).
  • Spielmann (2005) 2nd Grade students, 7-8 yrs Initial Mean Grade
  • Two classes of 2nd Grade children, 7 - 8 years old, one group of 19* did 6 months of Brain Gym in the classroom, the other group of 18 students did not.
  • (Retrieved September 16, 2006, from docs/SpielmannActionResearch.pdf) “The effects of movement based learning on student achievement in the elementary school classroom”. Improvements in Reading – Spielmann 2005 © Copyright Educational Kinesiology Trust UK 2009Ĭontrol group study by Spielmann (2005) Master’s thesis
  • An academic year is assumed to be 10 months in length, so that a change of 0.6 in grade score is equivalent to 6 months change in reading age.
  • A reading grade of 2 indicates that a student is reading at the level of an average student in 2nd Grade, i.e.
  • Students enter school in 1st Grade at age 6.
  • In America, reading achievement is measured in terms of reading grade level.
  • Most research on Brain Gym has taken place in the U.S.A.
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  • These improvements brought about by Brain Gym intervention are 4 to 5 times greater than expected.
  • For five studies with systematic use of Brain Gym movements in the classroom, each with groups of about 20 poor readers, the average improvement is ~ 2.0 months improvement per month of intervention for poor readers, compared to 0.4 months per month for controls.
  • Poor readers typically improve reading by only 0.5 – 0.8 months per month with normal interventions.
  • Normal readers improve their Reading Age at average of 1 month per month.
  • How do the effects of Brain Gym on Reading compare to typical changes for normal and poor readers?

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    Reading improvements for children with a range of educational needs Using Brain Gym movements in the classroom Brain Gym is a registered trademark of the Educational Kinesiology Foundation, Ventura Harbor Village, 1691 Spinnaker Drive, Suite 105B, Ventura, California, 930011















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