TITLE:
To What Extent Extracurricular Activities Affect the Behaviours and School Grades of Primary Schools’ Pupils
AUTHORS:
Sarra Abdelhafifdh, Sirine Abdelhafifh, Ali Moussa
KEYWORDS:
Extracurricular Activities, Primary School, Pupils’ Behavior, School Grades, Ordinary Least Square
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.9 No.3,
March
30,
2022
ABSTRACT: This study aims to identify the effect of extracurricular activities on pupils’ behavior and their school grades. Data collected were analyzed using quantitative statistics. The main results showed that extracurricular activities contribute to the development of pupils’ social behavior, reduce their aggressive behaviour, and make them more disciplined and more responsible. The linear regression shows a significant positive relationship between the number of extracurricular activities, the duration of their practice, and the dependent variable which is the level of improvement of pupil behaviour. The results also showed a positive effect of extracurricular activities on pupils’ attachments to their school, their motivations, and their abilities to concentrate. Indeed, the mean difference test, T-test, reveals that there is a significant difference between the average of scholar grades of pupils participating in extracurricular activities and those who are not participating for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years for the benefit of the participating pupils. Such results were also confirmed by the linear regression which highlights that there is a significant effect of the number of extracurricular activities and their duration on the levels of improvement of pupils’ academic results. The outcomes of this study largely confirm the essential role that extracurricular activities can play in the pupils’ learning and education process.