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Do students perform better when schools offer extracurricular activities?
A PISA in Focus study published in 2012 from the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), looks at whether students perform better in science if they are encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities, such as field trips and science projects. Most countries (22 of 31 OECD countries) demonstrated that students did perform better at science in schools that offer more extracurricular activities compared with students in schools that offer fewer of these activities. The types and availability of extracurricular activity vary widely across countries, but the study shows that the relationship between improved student performance and extracurricular activity is consistent, with Germany and Australia having the strongest correlation.
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