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2018

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Southern Adventist University

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The Impact Of Participation In Extracurricular Activities On Elementary School Students, Amy Meadows Nov 2018

The Impact Of Participation In Extracurricular Activities On Elementary School Students, Amy Meadows

Education Undergraduate Research

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between participation in extracurricular activities and academic achievement. Surveys were administered to 23 4th-8th – grade students to gather information on their extracurricular participation, and data was collected on these students’ most recent standardized test scores and first-quarter grades. The quantitative data collected was then statistically analyzed using the SPSS program. The results of this analysis suggest a statistically significant positive correlation between hours spent participating in extracurricular activities and cumulative GPA. Students’ GPAs did not appear to be impacted by the total number nor types of …