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Aslan, Menekse – Online Submission, 2023
Sports is a new science that shapes human behavior and spiritual structure through individual or team games, movements, and various competitions, as well as improving individuals physically. In this study, it was aimed to examine the the reflection of school sports team life on their development. The research was a descriptive phenomenological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Student Athletes
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Zupancic, Maja; Justin, Janez – Educational Research and Evaluation (An International Journal on Theory and Practice), 1998
Results with 54 pairs of Slovenian students, matched for participation or nonparticipation in intensive sports classes in elementary school, indicate that a combination of flexible organization of academic work and intensive sports classes does not have a negative impact on intellectual, academic, or personality development. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Athletics, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education
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Kleiber, Douglas A. – 1978
This study develops an action research approach to the investigation of children's games and sports activities. Eight hypotheses concerning the differential effects of participation in organized sports and participation in child-directed games are generated from a review of theory and research. Hypothesis 1 postulates that participation in…
Descriptors: Athletics, Competition, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Manners, Pamela A.; Smart, David J. – 1995
The research described in this paper is from the fifth year of a 6-year longitudinal study investigating psychosocial and demographic factors associated with a wide range of behaviors among adolescents. The present analyses investigate the relationship between students' participation in extracurricular activities (athletic teams, musical groups,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Athletics, Ethics, Extracurricular Activities