Mohammed Saqr, Uno Fors, Matti Tedre
How the study of online collaborative learning can guide teachers and predict students' performance in a medical course
BMC medical education
present study investigated characteristics relative age effect rae among general sample japanese elementary junior high school students japan applies unique annual agegrouping birthdates april 1 march 31 following year sport education anthropometric physical fitness data obtained 3610 japanese students including height weight 50m sprint standing long jump grip strength bentleg situps sit reach side steps 20m shuttle run ball throw examined raerelated differences data using oneway analysis variance comparing students birthdates first aprilseptember versus second octobermarch following year semesters observed significant rae boys aged 7 15 years anthropometric fitness data significant rae girls evident physical fitness tests among elementary school junior high school students thus significant rae anthropometry physical fitness evident general sample school children rae gender differences among adolescents