Search results for "extracurricular activity"
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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 …
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…
Teenage Time Use and Educational Attainment in Adulthood in Finland
2021
We investigated the role of teenage everyday social ties in educational outcomes by examining the association between teenage time use and educational attainment in adulthood. The sample consisted of young people aged 10–18 from the 1979 Finnish Time Use Survey, and the same respondents’ educational attainment later in life recorded from population register data at the year of 40th birthday (n = 366 men and 393 women). We assessed the associations of time spent with the parents, on studying, leisure activities, as well as social connectedness with friends and participation in extracurricular activities, with educational outcomes. Our findings indicated that time spent with the father is pos…