| Extracurricular Activity Participation and Its effect on the Students’ Grade Point Average - With reference to gender, major, grade variables and activity types |
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Soonhee Hwang |
| 비교과 교육 활동 참여가 학점 변화에 미치는 영향 |
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황순희 |
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Extracurricular activities (hereafter ECA) are reported to have many positive effects on education which are especially better grades, good academic achievement, school completion, low dropout rate and the other positive aspects to become successful students. However, few domestic studies have addressed the question of how student engagements to ECA affect students’ grade point average (GPA). This research was conducted with a total of 1,798 students to know whether the students’ GPA at H University in Korea, is affected by their participation in the ECA. To achieve the purpose of the study, we analyzed GPA’s change before and after the participation in ECA according to students’ demographic factors as well as ECA types. Our findings showed that firstly, participation in ECA affects the students’ GPA in a positive way. Also, the study found that those who participated in ECA have higher GPA than those who did not. Second, there were significant differences in GPA increase by gender, majors and grades. GPA’s increase was higher in female participants and students at school of games. Also, freshmen’s GPA increase was the highest of the other grades. Third, there was a significant differences in GPA increases according to ECA types. Participants in learning consulting program as well as academic club for foreign students got the highest GPA increase. Finally, tutee’s GPA increased significantly than tutors who participated in tutoring program. Implications for more objective instrument to asses ECA outcomes as well as variables to be considered were also provided. |
| Key Words:
Extracurricular activities, undergraduates, GPA(grade point average), extracurricular activity types, academic achievement |
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