Children's learning new word-picture pairs during physical exercise in the classroom

This dataset includes memory performance and questionnaire data. In three experiments school aged children performed physical exercises in the classroom while learning new word-picture associations during motion or sitting conditions (repeated measures). The words were in an artificial language. Free recall memory performance was collected from a group of children (aged 8-9 years) in running and sitting conditions (experiment 1). Recognition memory performance was collected from a different group of children (aged 8-9 years) in running and sitting conditions (experiment 2). Recognition memory performance was collected from a different group of children (aged 8-9 years) in stepping and sitting conditions (experiment 3). Experiment 2 showed higher recognition memory performance during the sitting compared to running condition. Gender, English as an additional language (EAL), and whether the children received extra support for language work was recorded before the experiment. A survey after the experiment asked children which condition they preferred. All data were collected by Naomi Kefford in one school in Surrey (UK) during the MSc thesis at the School of Psychology at the University of Surrey. Naomi Kefford was supervised by Peter Klaver.