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ERIC Number: EJ298929
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1984
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High School Size, Participation in Activities, and Young Adult Social Participation: Some Enduring Effects of Schooling.
Lindsay, Paul
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v6 n1 p73-83 Spr 1984
This study evaluates a model predicting that school size affects student participation in extracurricular activities and that these leisure interests will continue in young adult life. High school social participation, it is hypothesized, also is influenced by curriculum track placement and academic performance, which are affected by student background characteristics. (BW)
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, High School Students, High Schools, Longitudinal Studies, Models, School Size, Social Behavior, Social Life, Student Characteristics, Young Adults
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972
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