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Luís Almeida; Teresa Dias; Nuno Corte-Real; Isabel Menezes; António Fonseca – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2025
Background: Over the two last decades, the interest in personal and psychosocial youth development has been growing due to its engagement in sport activities. Furthermore, participation in sport has been referenced as a favourable mechanism and context for positive youth development (PYD). However, some studies and researchers continue to question…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Secondary School Students, Athletics
Michael W. Wise – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Extracurricular programs offered in the K-5 school setting are places in which students can affirm their sense of belonging and make developmental, social, and academic progress. This study examines students' participation in one or more of thirteen extracurricular programs offered at a Southern California elementary school; the year in which the…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Extracurricular Activities, School Activities, Student Participation
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Fakhrou, Abdulnaser A.; Ghareeb, Sara A. – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2020
The present study aimed to explore the effectiveness of a proposed program titled (creativity lamp) in improving students' thinking skills and academic achievement and promoting creativity among them in Kuwait. This program involves several enrichment activities. The experimental group consists from 26 students. The control group consists from 25…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Enrichment Activities, Extracurricular Activities, Creative Thinking
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Vukic, Violeta Valjan; Zrilic, Smiljana – World Journal of Education, 2016
The school, with its activities as an upbringing and educational institute, influences all segments of a pupil's effective development. Besides teaching as its basic activity, the school should take over part of the care and responsibility for the pupil's free time and "use" it for "prolonged" upbringing activity. Today…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extracurricular Activities, Elementary School Students, Student Development
Hicks, Katrina Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study gathered from former students during grades 6th through 12th who had actively participated in the Business Professionals of America (BPA) program, sought to build on existing research on the benefits of participating in extra-curricular activities. The purpose of the research was to examine the extent to which participation in the BPA…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Schneider, Elsa – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1952
This bulletin is designed to show some of the ways in which successful teachers work with children in order to establish rapport and to guide them into productive and happy living. This bulletin presents in the main a viewpoint based on the belief that if children live in a friendly school environment rich with experiences and materials that…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Parent Child Relationship, Cultural Differences, Teacher Student Relationship