The Effects of Dance-Based Exergaming on Mental Rotation, General Motor Coordination, and Math Achievement in Adolescent Students: Nonrandomized Controlled Pilot Study

This study helps clarify the previously unexplored influence of the same exergaming sequence on mental rotation and math skills by showing the positive influence of DEx on mental rotation and only on calculations involving mental rotation, according to the literature. Further research on exergaming is needed to clarify whether such improvement in calculation is linked to mental rotation training itself and might be amplified by the development of general motor coordination. However, the study encourages consideration of integrating exergames into active learning approaches in schools.