Search results for "extracurricular"
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Socioemotional behavior and school achievement in relation to extracurricular activity participation in middle childhood
2012
This 3-year longitudinal study investigated the associations of student (aged 9 to 10 years at the beginning of the study; n = 281; 51% girls) participation in extracurricular activities with teacher-rated socioemotional behavior and school achievement. MANOVA results showed that, after controlling for the grade level and the initial level of the outcome variables, participation in arts and crafts and music activities was related to higher adaptive behavior, academic attainments (i.e., reading, writing, arithmetic), and working skills (persistence, concentration, carefulness). Participation in performing arts was associated with higher academic working skills, and participation in academic …
Impact of Sport-related Games on High School Students' Communication Skills
2015
Abstract In Recent studies underline the fact that adolescents are, at many times, likely to experience serious communication problems with their families and close environments. So, the aim of this study is to determine positive impact of sport-related games, which are performed as extracurricular activities, on high school students’ communication skills. In the study, pre, & post-tests was utilized with the control group’s experimental patterns. Two participant groups were made up of totally 30 high school students, 15 of whom would be in the experimental group and the rest of whom were in the control group. The former group was given sport- related 20 applications for 10 weeks during…
Práctica deportiva extraescolar y su relación con el autoconcepto y el rendimiento académico
2018
La falta de actividad física en la sociedad es uno de los factores de riesgo más importantes para sufrir enfermedades y una de las causas de muerte más representativas. La sociedad propone alternativas, pero cada vez más sedentarias y es por ello que la práctica deportiva debe potenciarse para ayudar a tener una buena calidad de vida, mejorando a nivel físico, pero también a nivel de autoconcepto, rendimiento académico y a nivel social, por lo que es una buena herramienta para propiciar el desarrollo integral de las personas. En este estudio se ha analizado el autoconcepto, el rendimiento académico y la práctica deportiva extraescolar de los alumnos, con la intención de comprobar si el hech…
Características organizativas y didácticas del concierto didáctico. Un estudio de caso sobre la coordinación entre profesorado de Música de Educación…
2019
The main goal of this study is to determine which characteristics of didactic concerts, an extracurricular activity at Primary and High Schools in Manises (Spain), facilitate the coordination between Primary and Secondary staffs of the educational centers under consideration. Such coordination endeavors a smooth transition of the students from Primary to Secondary educational stages. The theoretical framework follows the lines of collaboration and teaching coordination, didactic concerts and the transition between the two educational stages. A questionnaire, a focus group, and a memorandum of the aforementioned staff have been used to reveal the perceptions of the informants from a qualita…
Determination of Students’ Satisfaction Regarding Extracurricular Activities Conducted in The University. Comparative Study Romania-Germany
2014
Abstract The goal of this paper is to determine students’ satisfaction related to extracurricular activities in the field of vocational training, to identify possible problems and potential improvements. The research was conducted using quantitative and qualitative research methodology, various secondary sources, and the data were collected through the questionnaire method. The study constitutes the base of a compared management research Romania-Germany. Questioned have been 120 students from northern Germany, University of Applied Sciences Flensburg, University of Applied Sciences: Technology, Business and Design Wismar and University of Applied Sciences Kiel and 146 students from the cent…
Sports club participation impact on motor competences, dispositional goal orientations, and perceptions of school-based physical education among Finn…
2019
Across the world, youth sports clubs are prominent and the main opportunity for engaging children and youth in physical activities. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of sports club participation on actual and perceived motor competences, achievement goal perspectives, and perceptions of school physical education among Finnish third-grade children. Participants were 114 girls and 100 boys (N = 214). All children were 10-years-old, or they would turn 10-years-old during the year of data collection. The participants, based on their involvement or non-involvement in their local sports clubs, fit into four subgroups. The subgroupings were ‘never’ participated in a s…
Latvijas Universitātes 95 mirkļi
2014
Latvijas Universitātes 95. gadadienai veltīts izdevums. -- The edition dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the University of Latvia
Representations of cancer among pupils : a linked influence of the academic and extraccuricular environements
2016
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RIE : revista de investigación educativa
2011
The aim of this study was to examine the impact of the type of self-concept (academic and general) and extracurricular activities on academic performance among primary school students (N = 1708), and to determine the differences of this relationship in terms of gender. We used a cluster sampling stratified into two stages and gave standardized achievement tests and ad-hoc instrument designed for academic and general self-concept and extracurricular activities. The results showed that respondents who engaged in academic extracurricular activities such as language and computer performed better in all academic subjects. Those who took music and sports also scored better in some subjects. In co…
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON UNIVERSITY'S ATTRACTIVENESS
2015
This paper aims to determine the respondents' opinion regarding the extracurricular activities within their universities and to establish the influencing factors on the university's attractiveness. This study has been elaborated based on the quantitative research, through primary research and the data is gathered through the questionnaire method. The research has been developed within the "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, Politehnica University Timișoara, Babeș Bolyai University Cluj, Bucharest University of Economic Studies and Politehnica University Bucharest and 728 students have been questioned in the period June - September 2014. As a result of the analysis, an influence of the extra…