Models to Enhance

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Models to Enhance Encourage StudentParticipat
ion in Co-Curricular Extracurricular
Activities
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Areas of Research

• Impact of extra curricular participation on
  grades
• Impact of extra curricular participation on
  attendance
• Impact of school start time on extra curricular
  participation
• Relationships between extra curricular
  participation and student behavior
• Relationships between extra curricular
  participation and standardized test scores

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Extracurricular Participation and Student
Engagement

• Students who participate in extracurriculars
• have fewer unexcused absences, are more likely
  to have a GPA of 3.0 above, tend to score higher
  on standardized tests, and plan on attending
  college at a higher rate than non-participants
• 1997 US Department of Education

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Statistics

• Indicators
  Participants Non-Particip.
• No unexcused absences 50.4
  36.2
• Never skipped class 50.7 42.3
• Have a GPA of 3.0 or above 30.6 10.8
• Highest quartile on a composite
• math and reading assessment 29.8 14.2
• Expect to earn a bachelors degree
• or higher 68.2 48.2

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Intellectual and Social Development of Students

• Participation in extracurricular activities
  enhances both the intellectual and social
  development of students Durbin 1984
• Athletes attain higher grade point averages than
  those students not in athletics (especially
  during the season)
• Activities like athletics, music, theater, and
  organizations teach the students how to
  discipline themselves to balance academics and
  their outside activities
• Benefits of organization and responsibility can
  be attained through extracurricular activities

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Extracurricular Activities /Athletic
Participation Benefits

• Students have
• a higher likelihood of college attendance
• lower dropout rate
• more satisfaction with school and teachers
• higher life satisfaction
• broader peer network
• less involvement in delinquent behavior
• less drug/alcohol use

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Extracurricular and Co-Curricular Participation

• Research Suggests
• Females also benefit more from extracurricular
  participation
• Minorities and lower socioeconomic groups also
  benefit more

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Values of Co-Curriculars and Extracurriculars

• Higher enrollment resulting in higher state aid
• Better academic performance
• Learned life lessons
• Positive self-esteem

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Sources

• Finn, J.D. (1993). School engagement and students
  at risk. Washington, D.C National Center for
  Education Statistics
• Karweit, Nancy and Hansell, Steve. (1983).
  School Organization and Friendship Selection,
  in Friends in School, ed. Joyce Epstein and Nancy
  Karweit, New York Academic Press
• Kleese, Edward J. and DOnofrio, Jan A. (1994).
  Student Activities for Students At Risk. Reston,
  VA National Association of Secondary School
  Principles
• Guest and Schneider 2003 McNeal 1995 Marsh and
  Kleitman 2002