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2011

Educational Leadership

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Middle School Students' Participation In Extracurricular Activities: Relationships To School Identification And Achievement, Stenette Byrd Iii Jan 2011

Middle School Students' Participation In Extracurricular Activities: Relationships To School Identification And Achievement, Stenette Byrd Iii

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This study sought to build on existing research in the areas of student extracurricular activity participation, school identification, and improvement of student achievement. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of extracurricular activity participation and school identification upon one another and their combined and individual contributions to the goal of student achievement.;The study was conducted using archival data from the 2009-2010 school year along with data from a survey that target extracurricular activity participation and school identification. Data were analyzed for a sample of 314 students out of a population of over 900 in Grades 6, 7, …


Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect: The Impact On Academic Self-Concept, Peter O. Kwiterovich Iii Jan 2011

Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect: The Impact On Academic Self-Concept, Peter O. Kwiterovich Iii

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact on the self-concept of students when they transitioned into an academically selective independent middle school. The sample consisted of 107 middle school students in an all-boys independent school in the northeast United States. Data on students' general self-concept, academic self-concept and domain specific academic self-concepts were collected using the Academic Self-Description Questionnaire I and II.;Four hypotheses were tested: 1) Newly enrolled students to the all-boys middle school will initially experience significantly more negative domain specific academic self-concepts than students who are returning or have been promoted from within the school; …