Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic

TY  - JOUR
JO  - Anthropologie (Brno)
TI  - EFFECTS OF SPORTS AND MATHEMATICS
EXTRACURRICULAR AND CLUB ACTIVITIES
ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
OF MIDDLE SCHOOL PUPILS
AU  - PJANIĆ K
AU  - NIKŠIĆ E
AU  - NESIMOVIĆ S
Y1  - 2021
VL  - 59
IS  - 1
PB  - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
SN  - 0323-1119
SP  - 111
EP  - 
KW  - Extracurriicullar activities – School success – Sport – Mathematics
N2  - 
N2  - Numerous studies have exemined connections between extracurricular activities and academic
achievement. These studies indicate several ways in which extracurricular activities can contribute to academic
achievement: by providing balance, promoting self-confidence, increasing a sense of contribution and duty, and
cultivating feelings of belonging. The aim of this research is to determine the effects of sports and math extracurricular
and club activities on academic achievement of middle school pupils in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Population involves
middle school pupils in two urban areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina and research sample consists of 1036 female and
1055 male pupils. Results of this study point to the potential benefits of engagement of middle school pupils in
extracurricular or club sports and mathematics activities. Middle school pupils' general school success is better if they
participate in extracurricular/club activities. This is particularly evident among male pupils who are involved in
extracurricular sports activities and among pupils in higher grades of primary school attending extracurricular
mahemaics activities. Also, pupils who are involved in extracurricular sports activities, esspecially male pupils, have
better mathematics achievement comparing to ones that are not invovled ina any of extracurricular activities. On the
other hand, involvment in extracurricular mathematics activities leads to even-handed school achievement.
ER  -