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Student activities and student satisfaction with school climate
Abstract
The purpose for conducting this study was to examine differences between the students' level of participation in student activities, level of participation in out-of-school activities, gender, socioeconomic status (SES), and the students' satisfaction with school climate. The research design employed in this study was a combination of survey and ex post facto research. The Student Satisfaction Survey of the National Association of Secondary School Principals was completed by 565 tenth and eleventh grade Fremont High School students in Fremont, Nebraska. A student activities survey and an out-of-school activities survey were administered to the students. Two groups of five students were selected for group interviews. Analysis of the data revealed the following findings: (1) A significant difference existed between the students' level of participation in student activities and the students' satisfaction with the school climate. (2) No significant different existed between the students' SES background and the students' satisfaction with the school climate or between the female and male students and the students' satisfaction with the school climate. (3) A significant difference existed between students' level of participation in out-of-school work activities and the students' satisfaction with the school climate. (4) SES and level of participation had a significant two-way interaction effect on the students' satisfaction with school climate. (5) Gender and level of participation and SES and gender did not have significant two-way interaction effects on the students' satisfaction with the school climate. (6) The relationships between gender and the students' satisfaction with the school climate and between SES and the students' satisfaction with the school climate were not significant. (7) There was a significant relationship between the level of participation in out-of-school activities and the students' satisfaction with the school climate.$\sp*$ ftn$\sp*$Originally published in DAI Vol. 57, No. 4. Reprinted here with corrected author name.
Subject Area
School administration|Curricula|Teaching
Recommended Citation
Gdowski, Gerald Leon, "Student activities and student satisfaction with school climate" (1996). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI9628233.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9628233