Intensity and Breadth of Out-of-School Time Activity Participation: Connecting Latent Classes, Student Characteristics, and Educational Outcomes

• In Event: 31.092 - Sheraton Roundtable Session Three - Grand Centre
  In Roundtable Session: 31.092-8 - Educational Effects of Out-of-School Time Learning

Abstract

In order to help clarify the associations between intensity and breadth of OST activity participation with SEL and academic outcomes, while illuminating differences in participation levels by student characteristics, we employed latent class analysis (LCA) with statewide data to identify different classifications of OST activity participation that can aid practitioners to foster opportunities to improve students’ developmental skills and academic performance and success. Five classes were identified: high-intensity/high breadth, low-intensity/high-breadth, high-intensity in sports, moderate-intensity in sports, and low-intensity/low-breadth. The moderate- and high-intensity classes had higher socio-emotional skills and supports, as well as academic performance and aspirations, than the overall sample.

Authors

• Youngsoon Kang, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

• Kyle Nickodem, University of Minnesota

• Mireya Carmen-Martinez Smith, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

• Michael C. Rodriguez, University of Minnesota