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ERIC Number: EJ508561
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
Intercollegiate Athletic Participation and Freshman-Year Cognitive Outcomes.
Pascarella, Ernest T.
Journal of Higher Education, v66 n4 p369-87 Jul-Aug 1995
Controlling for precollege aptitude and other influences, a study (n=2,416) found that male intercollegiate football and basketball players demonstrated net freshmen-year declines in reading and mathematics, while nonathletes and athletes in other sports showed modest net gains. Female athletes made smaller net gains in reading than nonathletes, but the effect depended on precollege ability. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Achievement Gains, Athletes, Basketball, College Athletics, College Freshmen, College Outcomes Assessment, Females, Football, Higher Education, Institutional Cooperation, Males, Mathematics Skills, Reading Skills, Sex Differences, Student Participation
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Study of Student Learning