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Book Synopsis Time Spent in Extra-curricular Activities and Academic Performance by : Kennedy Berkley
Download or read book Time Spent in Extra-curricular Activities and Academic Performance written by Kennedy Berkley and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extra-curricular activities (ECAs) have demonstrated positive effects on students' academic achievement, school experiences, motivation, and self-esteem, especially at the high school level. Students who participate in ECAs can develop different types of skills depending on the ECAs that they participate in. This study examined the relationship between time spent in extra-curricular activities (ECAs) and academic performance in a sample of (n = 43) high school seniors, who participated in ECAs, and those who did not. A survey completed by the students revealed their age, gender, participation in ECAs, types of ECAs, and time spent in ECAs in a typical week. Each student's English Language Arts grade was collected as part of the study. Results of a Chi-Squared Test of Independence indicate that there is not a relationship between time spent in ECAs and grade received in English Language Arts. Implications for future research and practice, specifically to school psychologists, are provided.
Book Synopsis Extracurricular Activities, Time Spent on Homework and Academic Performance by : Lina Sweiss
Download or read book Extracurricular Activities, Time Spent on Homework and Academic Performance written by Lina Sweiss and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Study to Determine the Effects of Extra Curricular Activities to the Academic Performance of Selected Students in a Night High School by :
Download or read book A Study to Determine the Effects of Extra Curricular Activities to the Academic Performance of Selected Students in a Night High School written by and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pre-University Paper from the year 2019 in the subject Pedagogy - General, grade: 1.0, , language: English, abstract: This study was undertaken to find out what are the common experiences of students in participating extra-curricular activities. Also this study aims to know on how students cope up the difficulties they’ve experienced while joining extra-curricular activities. Only fifteen selected students are involved in the research, thus we recommend that they must gather more respondents in order for them to generalize the views and experiences of the students for having an extra-curricular in school. Based on the data that we gathered from all of our respondents that are involved in extra-curricular activities, many of them share the same experiences regarding their participation on ECA. They gain experiences that positively affect them and can be used to improve and enhance not only their grades but their skills and their personality as a student and as a person. For all the students who have extra-curricular activities, researchers recommend that if they will involve to this kind of activity, they should balance their time management in order to not affect their academic performance. In addition, for students who wants to have extra-curricular activities, we recommend that they should prioritize their academics first before other things so that they could not suffer difficulties especially when it comes to projects, assignments and tests.
Book Synopsis Student Engagement and Achievement in American Secondary Schools by : Fred M. Newmann
Download or read book Student Engagement and Achievement in American Secondary Schools written by Fred M. Newmann and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1985 the federal government funded two 5-year centres to conduct research on effective schools. Student Engagement and Achievement in American Secondary Schools presents the findings of one of these studies, as carried out by the National Center of Effective Secondary Schools located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Editor Fred M. Newmann and the other contributors to this study examine existing research, detail their own findings, and propose concrete strategies for improving students' achievement in secondary schools.
Author :Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment Publisher :National Academies Press ISBN 13 :0309283140 Total Pages :503 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (92 download)
Book Synopsis Educating the Student Body by : Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment
Download or read book Educating the Student Body written by Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical inactivity is a key determinant of health across the lifespan. A lack of activity increases the risk of heart disease, colon and breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression and others diseases. Emerging literature has suggested that in terms of mortality, the global population health burden of physical inactivity approaches that of cigarette smoking. The prevalence and substantial disease risk associated with physical inactivity has been described as a pandemic. The prevalence, health impact, and evidence of changeability all have resulted in calls for action to increase physical activity across the lifespan. In response to the need to find ways to make physical activity a health priority for youth, the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment was formed. Its purpose was to review the current status of physical activity and physical education in the school environment, including before, during, and after school, and examine the influences of physical activity and physical education on the short and long term physical, cognitive and brain, and psychosocial health and development of children and adolescents. Educating the Student Body makes recommendations about approaches for strengthening and improving programs and policies for physical activity and physical education in the school environment. This report lays out a set of guiding principles to guide its work on these tasks. These included: recognizing the benefits of instilling life-long physical activity habits in children; the value of using systems thinking in improving physical activity and physical education in the school environment; the recognition of current disparities in opportunities and the need to achieve equity in physical activity and physical education; the importance of considering all types of school environments; the need to take into consideration the diversity of students as recommendations are developed. This report will be of interest to local and national policymakers, school officials, teachers, and the education community, researchers, professional organizations, and parents interested in physical activity, physical education, and health for school-aged children and adolescents.
Book Synopsis Academically Adrift by : Richard Arum
Download or read book Academically Adrift written by Richard Arum and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In spite of soaring tuition costs, more and more students go to college every year. A bachelor’s degree is now required for entry into a growing number of professions. And some parents begin planning for the expense of sending their kids to college when they’re born. Almost everyone strives to go, but almost no one asks the fundamental question posed by Academically Adrift: are undergraduates really learning anything once they get there? For a large proportion of students, Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa’s answer to that question is a definitive no. Their extensive research draws on survey responses, transcript data, and, for the first time, the state-of-the-art Collegiate Learning Assessment, a standardized test administered to students in their first semester and then again at the end of their second year. According to their analysis of more than 2,300 undergraduates at twenty-four institutions, 45 percent of these students demonstrate no significant improvement in a range of skills—including critical thinking, complex reasoning, and writing—during their first two years of college. As troubling as their findings are, Arum and Roksa argue that for many faculty and administrators they will come as no surprise—instead, they are the expected result of a student body distracted by socializing or working and an institutional culture that puts undergraduate learning close to the bottom of the priority list. Academically Adrift holds sobering lessons for students, faculty, administrators, policy makers, and parents—all of whom are implicated in promoting or at least ignoring contemporary campus culture. Higher education faces crises on a number of fronts, but Arum and Roksa’s report that colleges are failing at their most basic mission will demand the attention of us all.
Book Synopsis A Correlational Study of Extracurricular Involvement and Homework Performance of Third Grade Students by : Rachel Johnson
Download or read book A Correlational Study of Extracurricular Involvement and Homework Performance of Third Grade Students written by Rachel Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many opportunities for students to participate in nonacademic activities. These activities can include: sports, clubs, private lessons, and religious activities. Participation in these activities enriches students' lives by encouraging social skills. Yet, if students are involved in activities requiring many hours of participation, does it affect their academic performance? Knowing the answer to this question, parents and teachers can help their students develop better time management skills. Research has produced conflicting results on this issue. Many studies emphasize the benefits of extracurricular activities and homework, while others focus on the negative consequences of each. There is research suggesting a positive relationship exists between the two. Yet, according to the critics, too much involvement in extracurricular activities takes away from time that could be spent studying or completing homework. Overscheduled children may not have as much time to complete homework assignments, leading to a decline in academic achievement. The researchers acknowledged the positive benefits of extracurricular involvement and were interested in the relationship between students' extracurricular activities and homework performance. To determine the relationship between extracurricular involvement and homework performance, the researchers conducted a four-week study in two elementary schools. Data was collected in two third grade classes. At the beginning of the study, the researchers sent home a survey with students for a parent or guardian to complete. The data received from the survey provided the researchers with each student's weekly time commitment to extracurricular activities. Additionally, the researchers examined students' homework performance over a four-week period. Each week, two to three homework assignments assessed students' knowledge of content being taught in the classroom. For the first two weeks, math homework scores were recorded, and the second two weeks, language arts homework scores were recorded. The researchers analyzed their data using a Pearson correlation test. No significant correlation was found between the number of hours spent in extracurricular activities and math homework performance. Yet, results revealed a significant negative relationship between the number of hours spent in extracurricular activities and language arts homework performance. However, this correlation went a different direction than the researchers hypothesized. A positive correlation between extracurricular involvement and homework performance was not found. These findings led to the rejection of the researchers' proposed hypothesis. Appended to this document are the following: (1) Appendix A: Knox County Approval Letter; (2) Appendix B: Parent Permission Letter Form 1; (3) Appendix C: Parent Permission Letter Form 2; (4) Appendix D: Extracurricular Involvement Survey; and (5) Appendix E: Student Homework Performance Record. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.
Book Synopsis A Different Kind of Classroom by : Robert J. Marzano
Download or read book A Different Kind of Classroom written by Robert J. Marzano and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Learning Leader by : Douglas B. Reeves
Download or read book The Learning Leader written by Douglas B. Reeves and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We can't do that in our school district." "I don't have time to add that to my curriculum." "We're fighting against impossible odds with these students." Sound familiar? School improvement can often feel like a losing battle, but it doesn't have to be. In this fully revised and updated second edition of The Learning Leader, Douglas B. Reeves helps leadership teams go beyond excuses to capitalize on their strengths, reduce their weaknesses, and reset their mindset and priorities to achieve unprecedented success. A critical key is recognizing student achievement as more than just a set of test scores. Reeves asserts that when leaders focus exclusively on results, they fail to measure and understand the importance of their own actions. He offers an alternative—the Leadership for Learning Framework, which helps leaders identify and distinguish among four different types of educators and provide more effective, tailored support to - "Lucky" educators, who achieve high results but don't understand how their actions influence achievement. - "Losing" educators, who achieve low results yet keep doing the same thing, expecting different outcomes. - "Learning" educators, who have not yet achieved the desired results but are working their way toward excellence. - "Leading" educators, who achieve high results and understand how their actions influence their success. Reeves stresses that effective leadership is neither a unitary skill nor a solitary activity. The Learning Leader helps leaders reconceptualize their roles in the school improvement process and motivate themselves and their colleagues to keep working to better serve their students.
Book Synopsis Assessment for Learning in Higher Education by : Peter Knight
Download or read book Assessment for Learning in Higher Education written by Peter Knight and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Book Synopsis Making Learning Happen by : Phil Race
Download or read book Making Learning Happen written by Phil Race and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Making Learning Happen' offers a practical discussion of teaching and learning for the post-compulsory sector of higher and further education.
Book Synopsis Dumbing Us Down by : John Taylor Gatto
Download or read book Dumbing Us Down written by John Taylor Gatto and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2002-02-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 70,000 copies of the first edition in print, this radical treatise on public education has been a New Society Publishers’ bestseller for 10 years! Thirty years in New York City’s public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders like cogs in an industrial machine. This second edition describes the wide-spread impact of the book and Gatto’s "guerrilla teaching." John Gatto has been a teacher for 30 years and is a recipient of the New York State Teacher of the Year award. His other titles include A Different Kind of Teacher (Berkeley Hills Books, 2001) and The Underground History of American Education (Oxford Village Press, 2000).
Book Synopsis Is the amount of time spent for physical activity linked to academic success? by : Alexander Keller
Download or read book Is the amount of time spent for physical activity linked to academic success? written by Alexander Keller and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2003-11-22 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: A, California State University, East Bay (-), course: Research Methods and Communication, language: English, abstract: Throughout my life I heard the famous phrase "healthy body, healthy mind." At least in Germany this phrase is quite common. But is there really a relationship, or do people just say it? In this context some might argue that being physical active does not contribute to the overall health at all. It is more what we eat that matters. They are right to some extent. However, according to Chryss Cada, staying in shape is always a balance between exercise and nutrition (Cada, 2003). Both physical activity and a good diet contribute to a healthy body and, according to the famous phrase, to a healthy mind. To find out if a healthy body really helps a student perform better academically I examined what impact physical activity has on the academic success of students. I believe that there is a positive relationship between physical activity and academic success. The literature is full of opinions that support my assumption. For example, Douglas H. Heath, a professor emeritus of the Psychology Department of Haverford College, states that success in general is caused by many factors such as how many hobbies, interests, and jobs a student has, or who is active in extracurricular activities (Becker, 1992). A more relevant statement to this topic comes from Jim MacKinnon, the athletic director at Starpoint, who points out that "Kids who go through the athletic program learn discipline, and that carries over into their studies. It carries over not only into academics; it carries over into your life." (Dicesare, 2002) Sheila Boles, Hoggards High School athletics director, even says: "I don't think there's anything that can teach you more about life than athletics success and failure and how to handle them both graciously." (Grady, 2002) Many other authors share this opinion. They contribute that athletes have higher GPA s (Hickman, 2002), or are more likely to find themselves in supervisory roles in the later working environment than their non-athletic peers (Schouten, 2002). Sport programs even help students develop self-confidence, time management skills and interpersonal communication (Molbeck, 2003). Furthermore, physical activity may strengthen competitive drive in non-athletic areas, boost self confidence, and reinforce the discipline necessary for academic success (Robst, 2000). [...]
Book Synopsis Athlete's Perception of Extracurricular Activities on Academic Performance by : Jolene Marie Tappe
Download or read book Athlete's Perception of Extracurricular Activities on Academic Performance written by Jolene Marie Tappe and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to sample female athletes in regards to their perception on whether athletic participation had an effect on their academics. Twenty-four female high school (9th-12th grade) basketball players were used in this study. The subjects were surveyed on participation in sports and the importance that involvement had on their grade point averages (GPAs). Surveys were analyzed to determine whether certain trends (discipline learned on the team, coaches' encouragment, internal motivation, and time spent on homework) had an effect on academic performance. The female basketball player's GPAs were compared to GPAs of other female athletic participants as well as non-athletic participants within the school. GPAs were obtained by an anonymous list from school files. Only those basketball players whose parents allowed them to be a part of this study were participants. While the study showed that athletes felt participating in a sport had helped their academics, their grade point averages also indicated that athletics had a positive impact on their academic achievement.
Book Synopsis Organized Activities As Contexts of Development by : Joseph L. Mahoney
Download or read book Organized Activities As Contexts of Development written by Joseph L. Mahoney and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005-03-23 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The after-school activity context has grown in importance over the past 30yrs as major demographic change (i.e.dual-career families & latchkey children) has swept the country. This bk looks at the influences of after-school activities on child & adol.dev
Book Synopsis e-Learning and the Science of Instruction by : Ruth C. Clark
Download or read book e-Learning and the Science of Instruction written by Ruth C. Clark and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-02-19 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential e-learning design manual, updated with the latest research, design principles, and examples e-Learning and the Science of Instruction is the ultimate handbook for evidence-based e-learning design. Since the first edition of this book, e-learning has grown to account for at least 40% of all training delivery media. However, digital courses often fail to reach their potential for learning effectiveness and efficiency. This guide provides research-based guidelines on how best to present content with text, graphics, and audio as well as the conditions under which those guidelines are most effective. This updated fourth edition describes the guidelines, psychology, and applications for ways to improve learning through personalization techniques, coherence, animations, and a new chapter on evidence-based game design. The chapter on the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning introduces three forms of cognitive load which are revisited throughout each chapter as the psychological basis for chapter principles. A new chapter on engagement in learning lays the groundwork for in-depth reviews of how to leverage worked examples, practice, online collaboration, and learner control to optimize learning. The updated instructor's materials include a syllabus, assignments, storyboard projects, and test items that you can adapt to your own course schedule and students. Co-authored by the most productive instructional research scientist in the world, Dr. Richard E. Mayer, this book distills copious e-learning research into a practical manual for improving learning through optimal design and delivery. Get up to date on the latest e-learning research Adopt best practices for communicating information effectively Use evidence-based techniques to engage your learners Replace popular instructional ideas, such as learning styles with evidence-based guidelines Apply evidence-based design techniques to optimize learning games e-Learning continues to grow as an alternative or adjunct to the classroom, and correspondingly, has become a focus among researchers in learning-related fields. New findings from research laboratories can inform the design and development of e-learning. However, much of this research published in technical journals is inaccessible to those who actually design e-learning material. By collecting the latest evidence into a single volume and translating the theoretical into the practical, e-Learning and the Science of Instruction has become an essential resource for consumers and designers of multimedia learning.
Book Synopsis What "Extras" Do We Get with Extracurriculars? by : Duncan Chaplin
Download or read book What "Extras" Do We Get with Extracurriculars? written by Duncan Chaplin and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education has become one of the most important issues in American society, often dominating the political landscape in response to lagging academic achievement and persistent gaps in performance between advantaged and disadvantaged children. In response, a variety of educational reforms have been implemented ranging from increased accountability to parental school choice and efforts to improve educational "inputs" such as teacher skills. An alternative strategy that has gained in popularity involves efforts to expand public and private investments in out-of-school-time programs, particularly those targeting the needs of disadvantaged children. Such programs provide opportunities for children and teens to have positive interactions with caring adults, improve socialization with other children, learn to avoid risky behaviors, and, last but not least, improve academic skills. However, students spend the majority of their time in these programs participating in extracurricular activities that are not designed specifically to improve academic skills. Consequently, this study asks two important research questions: (1) Does participation in out-of-school extracurricular activities improve academic achievement or behavior for elementary school children? and (2) If so, are the impacts of participation related to the types of extracurricular activities that students pursue (e.g., music and arts, language, computer classes, sports)? Initial analyses were conducted using relatively standard techniques to control for the fact that students who participate in out-of-school-time extracurricular activities differ in important ways from nonparticipants. These analyses found statistically significant and positive effects of such participation in arts, music, drama, and language classes. We were ready to write our report at this stage, but then tried to replicate our analyses using alternative statistical models. The results were not only highly dependent on the choice of analytical approach, but the initial positive effects disappeared when more appropriate analytical models were used. We then examined the current literature that has been used to support investments in out-of-school-time extracurricular programs and found that the reported positive effects are likely a result of the same type of analytical error that led us to initially conclude that there were positive effects for elementary school children. At a minimum, these results raise serious questions about the validity of many of the claims that out-of-school-time programs that do not directly target academic outcomes will improve such outcomes nonetheless. The results also suggest that more rigorous evaluation be conducted before further investments are made based on such claims, particularly where such expenditures are made as a trade-off against investments in other, possibly more effective, educational reforms. Four appendixes are included: (1) Detailed Descriptive Statistics; (2) Behavioral Scales Used in the Analysis; (3) Measurement Error and IV Models; and (4) Defining After-School, Out-of-School, and Enrichment. (Contains 54 footnotes, 1 figure, and 11 tables.).
