The Influence of Extracurricular Activities on Middle School Students' Science Learning in China

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Danhui; Tang, Xing
Titel	The Influence of Extracurricular Activities on Middle School Students' Science Learning in China
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science Education, 39 (2017) 10, S.1381-1402 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0693
DOI	10.1080/09500693.2017.1332797
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Middle School Students; Science Instruction; Extracurricular Activities; School Location; Self Concept; Mothers; Educational Attainment; Science Achievement; Family Characteristics; Socioeconomic Status; Urban Areas; Student Participation; Informal Education; Outcomes of Education; Questionnaires; Self Concept Measures; Biology; Science Tests; Structural Equation Models; Statistical Analysis; China; Self Description Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Schulgelände; Selbstkonzept; Mother; Mutter; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Urban area; Stadtregion; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Fragebogen; Biologie; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Informal science learning has been found to have effects on students' science learning. Through the use of secondary data from a national assessment of 7410 middle school students in China, this study explores the relationship among five types of extracurricular science activities, learning interests, academic self-concept, and science achievement. Structural equation modelling was used to investigate the influence of students' self-chosen and school-organised extracurricular activities on science achievement through mediating interests and the academic self-concept. Chi-square tests were used to determine whether there was an opportunity gap in the student's engagement in extracurricular activities. The students' volunteer and school-organised participation in extracurricular science activities had a positive and indirect influence on their science achievement through the mediating variables of their learning interests and academic self-concept. However, there were opportunity gaps between different groups of students in terms of school location, family background, and especially the mother's education level. Students from urban areas with better-educated mothers or higher socioeconomic status are more likely to access diverse science-related extracurricular activities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01