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What Works Clearinghouse, 2015
This study measured the impact of the "Fitness Improves Thinking in Kids" ("FITKids") afterschool program on the executive control (i.e., maintaining focus, performing multiple cognitive processes) and physical fitness of preadolescent students. The "FITKids" program was held at the University of Illinois' campus and…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, After School Programs, Executive Function, Brain

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