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Fujita, Kimiko. "Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences." //Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences //. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Aug. 2012. .

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 * 1. Thay research indicates that participation in extracurricular activities affects students’ academic performance.
 * 2. That extracurricular activities do, in fact, promote academic performance in students.
 * 3 . One study found that “adolescents who participated in extracurricular activities reported higher grades,
 * 4. More positive attitudes toward school
 * 5. Higher academic aspirations”
 * 6.Parental involvement has an influence on how children perform academically.
 * 7.<span style="background-color: #d9ecff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Sports has an influence on how children perform academically
 * 8. <span style="background-color: #d9ecff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The way children choose to spend their free time can affect their school performance
 * 9. <span style="background-color: #d9ecff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Numerous studies have examined the factors influencing students’ academic achievement, and many activities were found to have a significant influence.
 * 10.<span style="background-color: #d9ecff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Revealed that regardless of students’ background and prior achievement, various parenting, volunteering, and home learning activities positively influenced student grades.
 * 11. <span style="background-color: #d9ecff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">According to BUGS (Bringing Up Girls in Science), a program for young girls and their parents at the University of North Texas, “the home environment is among the most important influences on academic performance”
 * 12. <span style="background-color: #d9ecff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The amount and quality of television viewing and family involvement are not the only influences of academic performance.
 * 13. <span style="background-color: #d9ecff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The effects of music and sports are also in relation to academic performance.
 * 14. <span style="background-color: #d9ecff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">activities appear to have some sort of effect on students’ academic performance; however, the issue of whether they benefit or hinder is sometimes unknown.
 * 15. <span style="background-color: #d9ecff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">One of the early philosophies behind extracurricular activities was that they should, wherever at all possible, “grow out of curricular activities and return to curricular activities to enrich them”