INTRODUCTION

Music, parental involvement, sports – all of these have an influence on how children

perform academically. The way children choose to spend their free time can affect their school

performance. Students who participate in extra-curricular activities are three times more likely to

have a grade point than students who do not participate in extra-curricular activities. “Analyses

revealed that regardless of Student’s background and prior achievement, various parenting,

volunteering, and home learning positively influenced student grades. Numerous studies have

examined the factors influencing student’s academic achievement, and many activities were

found to have a significant influence. (Fujita, 2005)

Public school students in Lala National High School participate in a wide variety of

extra-curricular activities: Athletic program, service, school government clubs, music, art and

drama organizations. These are usually conducted outside the normal school days. The activities

are voluntary.

Do these clubs, teams, and organizations support the academic mission of our schools? In

a paper looking at predictors of academic giftedness, it wasfound that gifted students appear to

spend their time out of school participating in constructive activities. (Holloway, 2000)

Can extra-curricular activities help students in the future? Involvement in extra-curricular

activities also helps at-risk students. It will also indicate that engagement in school extra-

curricular activities is linked to decreasing rates of early school dropouts in both boys and girls.

It was discovered that such participation provides marginal students an opportunity to create a

positive and voluntary connection to their school. They strongly believe that involvement in
extra-curricular activities may support the at-risk student by maintaining, enhancing, and

strengthening the student-school connection. (Holloway, 2000)

Most students in Lala National High School concentrate their participating in extra-

curricular activities. One of the students in Lala National High School who graduated last year

received a scholarship, free boarding house, and allowance in a school in Manila. He enrolled at

Adamson’s University, This scholarship indicates that extra-curricular activities help develop

student’s talents and skills. Thus making them succeed in life.

This study focus on the differencebetween the academic performance of studentsinvolved

in extra-curricular activities and the academic performance of students who are not involved in

extra-curricular activities.
Objectives of the study

This study determined the difference between the academic performance of students

involved in extra-curricular Activities and the academic performance of students who are not

involved in extra-curricular activities. Specifically this answered the following:

1. Determine the academic performance of students involved in extra-curricular activities.

2. Determine the academic performance of students who are not involved in extra-curricular

activities.

3. Identify significant difference between the academic performance of students involved in

extra-curricular activities and the academic performance of students who are not involved

in extra-curricular activities.
 METHODS

Design:

This study used the descriptive correlational design to achieve its objectives. This is

appropriate to find out the significant relationship between the academic performance of students

involved in extra-curricular activities and the academic performance of students who are not

involved in extra-curricular activities.

Setting:

This study was conducted in Lala National High School. Lala National High School is

located in the Division of Lanao del Norte which comprises twenty-two (22) school districts.

Lala National High School is the biggest school in Lanao del Norte. It has a population of

three-thousand (3,000) plus and have fifty-two (52) rooms. It has also one-hundred-one (101)

teachers.

Respondents:

The randomly selected students from grade seven (7) to grade ten (10) in the school year

twenty-fifteen (2015) – twenty-sixteen (2016) of Lala National High School was the respondents

on this study.

Instrument:

The data gathering instrument that will be used in this study is a researcher made

questionnaire. The questionnaire will determine the number of extra-curricular activities that will
help determine the academic performance of students involved in extra as compared with the

academic performance of students who are not involved in extra-curricular activities.

This questionnaire will serve as the major data gathering tool to determine frequencies

such as mean, median, and mode and to determine significant difference the rating of students

who are engaged in extra-curricular activities and the rating of those who are not engaged in

extra-curricular activities.

Data Collection:

A researcher-made questionnaire will be administered to the sample respondents from

grade seven (7) to grade ten (10) by the researchers regarding their involvement in extra-

curricular activities. The academic performance of students refer to the average during the third

rating period.

The data were then tallied and organized for statistical computation.

Scope and Limitation:

The study focused on the academic performance of grade seven (7) to grade ten (10)

students during the third rating period of S.Y 2015-2016 of Lala National High School, Lala,

Lanao del Norte.

It also took into consideration the respondents age and gender and rating of those who

were engaged in extra-curricular activities and those who were not engaged in extra-curricular

activities.

The respondents were taken from grade seven (7) to grade ten (10).