Browsing by Subject "Out-of-school-time activities"

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    Life Skills Gained from Involvement in 4-H & Other Out-of-School Time Activities
    (2010) Reith, Crystal; Riordan, Kim; Rauschenfels, Diane
    McLaughlin (2000) states, “Young people with nothing to do during out-of school hours miss valuable chances for growth and development” (p. 2). It is important that youth organizations utilize this time to strengthen the life skills of area adolescents. In this quantitative study, life skills from Hendrick’s Targeting Life Skills Model (1998) were rated by youth involved in the 4-H program and other out-of-school time (OST) activities. Youth included in this research project were from Cottonwood County, which is located in southwestern Minnesota. The results allowed comparisons to be made on which life skills youth perceive to have gained the most and least.
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    Self-Reported Prosocial Tendencies in Early Adolescence as Related to Out-Of-School-Time Activities
    (2010) Beiswenger, Jolene; Rauschenfels, Diane; Hyman, Randy
    A growing number of youth are engaging in extracurricular/out-of-schooltime activities. With a high percentage of youth being engaged in structured, supervised after-school settings (Ehrle & Moore, 1999a), it is important to research the effects these activities may have on adolescent development. Self-reported prosocial tendencies in early adolescents as related to out-ofschool- time (OST) activities was a concurrent, mixed-methods approach to study behavioral development. It involved youth ages 12-14 years at two schools in Polk County, MN, a county in Northwest Minnesota. Quantitative and qualitative questions were administered via paper survey about their OST activity involvement, social behaviors and social concerns. The results of the survey were analyzed to determine if a student's self-reported behavior and concerns can be linked to the activities in which they are involved.