INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION AND FRESHMAN-YEAR COGNITIVE OUTCOMES

Authors
PASCARELLA ET BOHR L NORA A TERENZINI PT
Citation
Et. Pascarella et al., INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION AND FRESHMAN-YEAR COGNITIVE OUTCOMES, The Journal of higher education, 66(4), 1995, pp. 369-387
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research
Journal title
The Journal of higher education → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221546
Volume
66
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
369 - 387
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1546(1995)66:4<369:IAPAFC>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Controlling for precollege aptitude and other influences, male interco llegiate football and basketball players demonstrated net freshman-yea r declines in reading and mathematics while nonathletes and athletes i n other sports showed modest net gains. Female athletes made smaller n et gains in reading than nonathletes, but the effect depended upon pre college ability.