Enhancements in Cognitive Performance and Academic Achievement in Adolescents through the Hybridization of an Instructional Model with Gamification in Physical Education

An educational physical education (PE) hybridization program based on the personal and social responsibility model gamification strategies was used in order to explore effect cognitive performance academic achievement. A 9-month group-randomized controlled trial conducted, with 150 participants (age: 14.63 ± 1.38) allocated into control group (CG, n = 37) experimental (EG, 113). Inhibition, verbal fluency, planning, achievement were assessed. Significant differences observed post-test for inhibition, fluency (named animals), mean of both tasks favor EG. With regard intervention, vegetables), tasks, language, average all subjects, subjects except PE, from core increased significantly Values last five variables (academic inhibition) addition mathematics also CG. This study contributes current knowledge by suggesting that methodologies produced improvements measured variables, but use resulted performance, specifically inhibition fluency.