Annotated+Bibliography


 * Annotation # 1 **

Kennedy, Ron. "The Need for High School Extracurricular Activities." //ProQuest //
 * MLA Citation: **

 //Education Journals// 78.4 (2008): 38-39. //ProQuest Education Journals//. Web. 27

 Sept. 2011.  1320B4A66B3120A8AA8/15?accountid=13997>.

 ** INFORMATION: ** Author’s credentials: Ron Kennedy is an Athletic Director at Donegal High School in Mount Joy, PA

Scope and purpose of the work: This article is used to persuade people that extracurricular activities are a benefit for kid and should not be the first thing to be cut from the budget.

Intended Audience: The author was trying to reach those who are against extracurricular activities and the people who want to get rid of them.

Thesis or main idea:  For many U.S. students, an important part of the secondary school experience includes participation in after school extracurricular activities.
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<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Summary of main arguments: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Valuable lessons are being taught with extracurricular activities. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Participation in these activities can help make a positive outcome.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Summary of evidence: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Kennedy gets his knowledge from his experience working as a student-athlete, teacher, coach, and athletic director.
 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">EVIDENCE **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> ** EVALUATION ** <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Evaluation of research: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I feel that this research help to give me a basic understanding of why extracurricular activities are important. <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Evaluation of scope: This article was very specific. I did not cover all the reasons why extracurricular activities were helpful but it gave good reasons on some of them. <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Evaluation of author bias: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I feel as though the author was bias because he was mainly defending the fact that extracurricular activities are helpful.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I feel that this was a great article to start with. It allowed me to see how extracurricular activities help students learn and became better people.
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 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Annotation #2 **


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">MLA Citation: **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Eischens, Alissa, et al. “The Association of Extracurricular Activity Participation with Substance Use Among Youth in the Dare Plus Project.” //American Journal of Health Education// 35.2 (2004): 68-75,84. //ProQuest Education Journals//. Web. 3 Oct. 2011. <http://search.proquest.com/‌docview/‌212707420?accountid=13997>.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> ** INFORMATION: **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Author’s credentials: All of the authors were people that work for the American Association for Health Education.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Scope and purpose of the work: This work was used to show the relationship that extracurricular activities, specifically the DARE Plus Extracurricular activity, have on the youth and substance use.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Intended Audience: The intended audience is youth and parents who feel that their children are under substance use.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">SUMMARY **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Thesis or main idea: The main idea was to find if there is any link between extracurricular activities and substance use among the youth.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Summary of main arguments: Youth involved in extracurricular activities are less likely to use drugs or alcohol.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> ** EVIDENCE **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Summary of evidence: The research shows that students who were in extracurricular activates were less likely to do these things.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">EVALUATION **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Evaluation of research: I felt that this was good research. It gave me my first study of how extracurricular activities are helpful.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Evaluation of scope: I felt as though this article mainly stayed on the topic of how extracurricular activates keep kids away from substance use.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Evaluation of author bias: I felt that the authors were not bias. For the most part they stated facts.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">REFLECTION: **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I was not surprised with the findings I also felt as though the people who were involved in the dare activities would be less likely to use alcohol.


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 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">MLA Citation: **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Tenhouse, Amy M. “College Extracurricular Activities.” //Encyclopedia of Education//. Ed. James W. Guthrie. Vol. 1. New York. 373-376. //Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context//. Web. 3 Oct. 2011. <http://ic.galegroup.com/‌ic/‌ovic/‌ReferenceDetailsPage/‌ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=OVIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CCX3403200127&mode=view&userGroupName=erde79591&jsid=100c943f14e809f5e2d43d56af076896>.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> ** INFORMATION: **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Author’s credentials:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This author is a writer for the Encyclopedia of Education so she has lots of experiences in dealing with youth and education.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Scope and purpose of the work:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The purpose of this article is to show how extracurricular activities help the you.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Intended Audience:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I think the author wanted to inform freshmen in college and the youth.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">SUMMARY **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Thesis or main idea:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The main point of this article is to show that students benefit from being in extracurricular activities.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Summary of main arguments:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The main arguments are that students will have increased skills, they will become more academically sound, and they will help with institutional goals. Extracurricular involvement has a positive impact on attaining a bachelor’s degree

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> ** EVIDENCE **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Summary of evidence:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Extracurricular involvement allows students to link academic knowledge with practical experience, thereby leading to a better understanding of their own abilities talents, and career goals.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">EVALUATION **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Evaluation of research:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I felt that this information was helpful it explained to me different types of extracurricular activities as well as explaining how they are helpful.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Evaluation of scope:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This article was very wide it did not stick on one subject.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Evaluation of author bias:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I felt that the author was not bias. She spoke about many different activities.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">REFLECTION: **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I was not surprised I felt that extracurricular activities had a big part in improving people’s skills.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Annotation #4 **


 * MLA Citation: **

Aresty, Reecy. "Volunteering Gives Students an Edge on College Applications." //Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context//. N.p., 2009. Web. 12 Oct.,2011. <http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ ViewpointsDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Viewpoints&disableHighlighting=false&pro dId=OVIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010578212&mode=view&userGroupName=erde79591&jsid=772a88405041344676588d3ca4834e66>.


 * INFORMATION: **

Author’s credentials:

Reecy Aresty is a financial advisor and college admissions as well as financial aid expert. Aresty is the author of the book, How to Pay for College Without going Broke. Aresty has also created many blogs that help people in their search for college.

Scope and purpose of the work:

The purpose of this article is to explain how extracurricular activities can help students go in the right direction for college.

Intended Audience:

This article was intended for parents as well as High School students. It shows how extracurricular are beneficial for students. This can help a student that is looking to go to college begin the right path for success. It also shows the parent how they can help their child.


 * SUMMARY **

Thesis or main idea:

The Author feels that beginning in the ninth grade, students should join clubs to become a diverse college applicant. It is important for them to find a good fit early and even better if they can establish a leadership role.

Summary of main arguments:

The author has many arguments. His stronger arguments are that one can make connections with teachers. He explains that it shows the admissions officers at colleges that you care about other people and you know what the real world is like.


 * EVIDENCE **

Summary of evidence:

Aresty has firsthand knowledge of the information because of her role in admissions. Also she does much research on the topic.


 * EVALUATION **

Evaluation of research:

This article was fairly well researched. It backed all the information up, however I would have liked more quotes from the research. But the writing was still easy to follow and understand.

Evaluation of scope:

The author stayed on topic. The article reflected the thesis. I was able to better understand why extracurricular activates are helpful. It covered many reasons while still sticking to the topic at hand.

Evaluation of author bias:

The author was more on the side of extracurricular activities. She was more trying to persuade people that they were helful. Aresty did not say how these activities could also be harmful.


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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Lawhorn, Bill. "Extracurricular Activities: The Afterschool Connection." //Occupational Outlook Quarrterly// 52.4 (2008): 16-21. //ProQuest Education Journals//. Web. 18 Oct. 2011. <http://search.proquest.com/docview/ 218456135?accountid=13997>.
 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">MLA Citation: **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;"> ** INFORMATION: ** <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Author’s credentials: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Bill Lawhore in an economist in the Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections. Because of this background he has much information on a wide variety of topics.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Scope and purpose of the work: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The author wanted to write this work so that he would be able to inform his audience about how extracurricular activities are helpful. With his article he is better able to persuade his readers to become more involved in extracurricular activates.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Intended Audience: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The author most likely wrote this article for kids in high school and college. I say this because there are many times were he references how extracurricular activities can benefit people in high school and college. I feel as though the author wanted to help those who read the article further their skills.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Thesis or main idea: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">This article wanted to inform the reader of how extracurricular activities were able to benefit people. It also touched upon various types of actives and explained how each was able to better a person.
 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">SUMMARY **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Summary of main arguments: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The article talks about how there are many things one can get from participating in extracurricular activities. One reason they start to participate is because of personal interest. The find the activity interesting and it allows them to meet others that have the same interest as them. From the activates one can gain social skills. For some it can be the first time they worked with others for a common goal. This is also how teamwork skills are formed and employer’s as well as others like to see this. Another thing that people get form extracurricular activities is leadership. The organizations offer leadership roles and on the job training which one can’t learn in school. The final thing is that it helps with academic performance. It makes people become self motivated and teaches them good time management skills. Because there is a eligibility requirement to stay in these programs, it makes people work hard to keep their grade point average up.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Summary of evidence: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Bill Lawhore works for the Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections so he has lost of information on how people get employed. Also he reverences several people in his article.
 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">EVIDENCE **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Evaluation of research: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">This article was well researched. There was a good progression of how the information was presented. It also quoted several people about their experience in extracurricular activities. <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Evaluation of scope: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The topic had a large variety of scope. It discussed several different reasons for why extracurricular activities were able to benefit people. It also listed different activates and said how they could help.
 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">EVALUATION **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Evaluation of author bias: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">I feel as though the author was a little bias. He mainly spoke about how extracurricular activities were helpful and could benefit people. He did not speak about how they are harmful or why schools would want to cut them.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">I feel as though this was a good article. It helps me better understand how some activities were able to help students who wanted to continue their education at a college or university. I wish I would have read this article when I was a freshmen.
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 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Annotation # 6 **


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">MLA Citation: **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Perez, Michael P., Pinhey K. Thomas, and Workman L. Randall. "The Fighting Behavior of Asian-Pacific Males in Guam: Do High School Extracurricular Activities Matter?" //Social Science Quarterly// 4 (2002): n. pag. //Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context//. Web. 19 Oct. 2011. <http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/AcademicJournalsDetailsPage/ AcademicJournalsDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Journals&disableHighlighting=false &prodId=OVIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CA94821029&mode= view&userGroupName=erde79591&jsid=bad9e923165e1495001e0e22289c7e25>.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;"> ** INFORMATION: **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Author’s credentials:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">These authors had their work published in Social Science Quarterly. This is a journal that only publishes high quality social science research. Before being published each article must go though a few steps to get their work published.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Scope and purpose of the work:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The authors worked on this article so that they may inform the public of the growing violence in Asian-pacific males in Guam. They also wanted to show how extracurricular activates can help to reduce the violence.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Intended Audience:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The authors wanted to inform other scholars about this growing problem. They also wanted to inform people that are concerned about violence in schools.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">SUMMARY **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Thesis or main idea:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The author feels that social interaction of extracurricular activities in high school would reduce the physical fighting behavior of Asian-Pacific males in Guam.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Summary of main arguments:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The authors start out by giving a quick background of Guam. They explain how it is one of the most populated islands between Hawaii and the Philippines. Then it goes into what was happening in the research and what they learned. We find out that there is a growth in youth gang fighting in the schools. The researchers feel that extracurricular activities will help to reduce the fighting. They found that students are less likely to fight because of the social integrity that the schools have for them. Studies in Guam have shown that people in Guam are less likely to be under the influence of things when they are committed to something like a job or marriage. The researchers conducted survey that included about 10,410 students. The survey showed that most people that got into fights did not have good teacher interaction. If they were apart of extracurricular activities these would be a different story.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">EVIDENCE **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Summary of evidence:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The author shows lots of evidence in order to back up the findings. In the article they sight sever scholarly sources such as The Center for Disease Control and The U.S. Bureau of the Census.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">EVALUATION **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Evaluation of research:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">This article was very well researched. It included several quotes from many sources. It also showed a well planned out organization of the article.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Evaluation of scope:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">This article had a very wide scope. While it mainly focused on how extracurricular activities help to stop violence, it also touched upon other reasons that people were violent in school.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Evaluation of author bias:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The author was not being bias in this article. Although he was mainly showing how extracurricular activities helped to stop violence, they had lots of research and they only said the facts about it.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">REFLECTION: **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">I feel as though this article was a good article because it helped me understand some of the reasons why people are violent in schools. It also explained how extracurricular activities can make people less violent.


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 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">MLA Citation: **

Daley, Amanda J., and Jennifer Leahy. "Self-perceptions and Participation in Extra-Curricular Physical Activites." //Scholarly Journals// 2 (2003): 13-19. //ProQuest Education Journals//. Web. 20 Oct. 2011.

<http://search.proquest.com/docview/233003675?accountid=13997>.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;"> ** INFORMATION: **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Author’s credentials:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Amanda Daley is a faculty member at The Centre for Sport and Exercise Science at Sheffield Hall and University UK. Jennifer Leahy was a former undergraduate student in the Department of Sports, Health and Physical Education at St. Mary’s College Middleesex Uk. These two authors have lots of experience in dealing with extracurricular activities.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Scope and purpose of the work:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">These authors worked on this in order to inform people of how extracurricular activites can have a higher self-perception compared to non-participants.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Intended Audience:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The people who might have been interested in looking at this article were students, parent, and psychologist. Psychologist might want to have a way to explain to their patients why they should participate in extracurricular activates.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">SUMMARY **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Thesis or main idea:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Participants involved in extra-curricular physical activities reported significantly higher self- perceptions compared to non-participants

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Summary of main arguments:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The authors feel that participants in the extracurricular activates will have a higher self perceptions compared to non-participants. They found that exercise exerts a positive impact on psychological health. There were one hundred and four participants in the study. They were randomly selected to participate. They filled out questionnaires. Those who participated in extracurricular activities participated reported significantly higher scores on the subscales Athletic.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">EVIDENCE **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Summary of evidence:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">There were many other studies and people. It has sited people such as Calfas & Taylor.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">EVALUATION **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Evaluation of research:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">This article was very well researched because it quotes many people. It also has a nice order in wich the research is presented.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Evaluation of scope:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The topic has a small scope it doesn’t’ go that out of the topic at hand. It mainly stays on the topic about

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Evaluation of author bias:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">I feel as though the author was not being bias. He was just reporting the facts that he got form his study.


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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">This article was helpful because it explained how people are able to benefit from extracurricular activities. They are able to become significantly higher self-perception’s compared to non-participants.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Annotation # 8 **


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">MLA Citation: **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Broh, Beckett A. "Linking Extracurricular Programming to Academic Achievement: Who Benefits and Why?" //<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Scoicial Science //<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> 75.1 (2002): 69-91. //<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">ProQuest Education Journals //<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">. Web. 23 Oct. 2011. <http://search.proquest.com/ docview/216485289?accountid=13997>.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> ** INFORMATION: **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Author’s credentials:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Broh is a doctoral student in the department of Sociology at, Ohio State University. She is mainly focused on education, adolescent health, and family. Currently she is conducting a project that explains season changes in education-related outcomes for kindergartners and first graders from advantaged and disadvantages backgrounds.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Scope and purpose of the work:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The author wanted to write this work because she wanted to find out if the participation in activities would help to influence positive academic performance

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Intended Audience:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The author wanted to inform high school administrators and parents. These were probable the people that the author wanted to inform because they can steer students in the right direction.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">SUMMARY **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Thesis or main idea:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The author wanted to test the effects of participation in extracurricular activates on high school achievement.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Summary of main arguments:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The main part of the article that was helpful was the discussion. It informed me that when students play sports it boost students’ achievement in the classroom and on standardized math test. However not all of the sports are equal. Participation in interscholastic sports has different effects then participation in intramural sports. Students who participate in interscholastic sports have a stronger sense of control over their lives and a value system that is concordant with the American educational system

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Students can also build strong connections with teachers. This can lead to performing better in class because they don’t want to let the teacher down.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> ** EVIDENCE **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Summary of evidence:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In this study many previous studies have been cited to back up the research. The author also thanks people that have helped her find the research and help her.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">EVALUATION **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Evaluation of research:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This article was well researched. It had a good flow in which the information was presented. It also provided information of other studies made.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Evaluation of scope:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This article manly covered one topic. This topic covered many reasons why extracurricular activities can be helpful. It said that one can make connections with teachers and also that they can build team skills.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Evaluation of author bias:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The author was not being bias. She mainly spoke about the facts she found in her research. Multiple times she said that some topics could need further research.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">REFLECTION: **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This article was a helpful article because it stressed the fact that sports were helpful in academic achievement.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Annotation #9 **


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">MLA Citation: **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Marsh, Herbert W., and Sabina Kleitman. "Extracurricular School Activities: The Good, the Bad, and the Nonlinear." //Harvard Educational Review// 72.4 (2002): 464-514. //ProQuest Education Journals//. Web. 23 Oct. 2011. <http://search.proquest.com/docview/212256050?accountid=13997>.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> ** INFORMATION: **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Author’s credentials:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">These authors had their work published in a scholarly journal. In order to do that one must have lots of knowledge in their topic.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Scope and purpose of the work:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This article was written to show what extracurricular activates can do for students who participate in them.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Intended Audience:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I feel that the intended audience is for school board members who want to start to cut extracurricular activities. I say this because this article gives reasons for why they are beneficial.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">SUMMARY **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Thesis or main idea:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> In this article the author wants to examine the effects of participation in extracurricular school activates on grade-twelve and postsecondary outcomes.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Summary of main arguments:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">There were new theories that the authors came up with. I one theory it showed that extracurricular activities complement rather than compete with traditional curricular goals. Most school activates help to close the already big gap in academic outcomes between socioeconomically advantaged and disadvantaged students.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">EVIDENCE **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Summary of evidence:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This article mainly spoke about the facts from their research. The author also cited many other studies and organizations.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> ** EVALUATION **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Evaluation of research:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This was a well written article. The authors stated facts and then backed their responses up. It flowed in a good order.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Evaluation of scope:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This was a very good article it even spoke about why we should be keeping the extracurricular activities instead of getting rid of them.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Evaluation of author bias:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The authors were not being bias. They presented the facts about their research. They even at times talked about what was wrong with some of the research.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">REFLECTION: **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I feel that this was a good article it helped me to understand why extracurricular activates can help those who participate in them.


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 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">MLA Citation: **

Covay, Elizabeth, and William Carbonaro. "After the Bell: Participation in Extracurricular Activities, Classroom Behavior, and Academic Achievement." //Sociology of Education// 83.1 (2010): 20-45. //ProQuest Education Journals//. Web. 24 Oct. 2011. <http://search.proquest.com/docview/

725593591?accountid=13997>.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;"> ** INFORMATION: **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Author’s credentials:

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Covay is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. Her research is mainly focused on education and stratification. Carbonaro is an associate professor in the sociology department at the University of Notre Dame. Hi research focuses in the areas of education and social stratification. When both of these authors work together they have plenty of research about how extracurricular activates can benefit students.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Scope and purpose of the work:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The authors wrote this in order to find the socioeconomic status advantage and extracurricular participation in elementary school-aged children, with a focus on noncognitive skills.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Intended Audience:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">I feel as though the authors wanted to inform parents that are less fortunate than others and school board members. They wanted to inform parents of the less fortunate because they would be able to explain to them how their children could still have good skill even though they are not in the best of places.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">SUMMARY **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Thesis or main idea:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;"> The author feels that extracurricular activities contribute to student achievement indirectly by enhancing students' noncognitive skills, which produces greater gains in students' learning.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Summary of main arguments:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The authors feel that extracurricular contribute to student achievement indirectly by enhancing student’s noncognitive skill, which produce greater gains in student learning. The authors found that children must regularly deal with success and failure in extracurricular activities, just as they do in the classroom. In both extracurricular activities and the classrooms students deal with authority figures. Success in both the classroom and extracurricular activities requires an ability to successfully interact with, and learn from, authority figures. Extracurricular activities provide children with a time to interact with other children who set a good example.


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<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Summary of evidence:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">This article had lots of previous studies sited. However a large amount of information came from the study that they preformed.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">EVALUATION **

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Evaluation of research:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">This article was well researched. It was presented in the order in which most scientific journals are presented.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Evaluation of scope:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">This article mainly covered the topic of why extracurricular activities can help people. It didn’t not vary from that topic.

<span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Evaluation of author bias:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">I feel as though the authors were not being bias. They mainly spoke about their facts that they got from the research and experiments.


 * <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">REFLECTION: **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">This was a very helpful article. It helped me to see that extracurricular activities can help everyone, even those that are less fortunate.