Date of Award
2014
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Committee Chair
Doug Eury
Abstract
This dissertation was designed to examine what skills or characteristics high school students felt they enhanced through participating in school-based extracurricular activities that might lead to academic success. Various extracurricular activities are offered in high schools, and participation often requires large amounts of student time and effort. Social, academic, and honorary clubs and activities as well as athletic teams were included in this research.
The writer gathered qualitative data from student surveys regarding school-based extracurricular involvement to examine the skills enhanced through participation. All tenth-, eleventh-, and twelfth-grade students completed a survey identifying their participation in school-based extracurricular activities while in high school. Those who participated in two activities or more completed an additional survey, a Likert scale survey, about their views on the skills enhanced through participating in school-based extracurricular activities. At the time of this research, no ninth-grade student was included in this research due to their lack of opportunities to participate in extracurricular activities.
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Citation Information
Hayes, Jonathan H., "Skill Builders: Perceived Skills Enhanced by Students through Participation in High School Extracurricular Activities" (2014). Education Dissertations and Projects. 12.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/education_etd/12
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