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Osborne, Allan G., Jr.; Russo, Charles J. – School Business Affairs, 2011
In most school systems in the United States, interscholastic sporting events and other extracurricular activities help bring people together while enhancing opportunities for students to become integral parts of their communities. Because of the important role that extracurricular activities, especially sports, play in the lives of students,…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Extramural Athletics, Individualized Education Programs, Individualized Programs
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Bluechardt, Mary H.; Shephard, Roy J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
An individualized physical activity program with a strong social skills component was implemented with 45 students (ages 8 to 10) with learning disabilities. Participants' gains in self-ratings of competence and teacher ratings of social behavior were no larger than gains of control students receiving comparable attention through individualized…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Extracurricular Activities, Individualized Programs, Interpersonal Competence
Reiser, Robert A.; Sullivan, Howard J. – 1978
Results of a study that investigated the effects of instructor-pacing and self-pacing in a personalized system of instruction (PSI) course on student withdrawal rate, achievement, and attitudes are discussed in this speech. Sixty-two Arizona State University students enrolled in a political science introductory research course were randomly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate