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Learning from Youth: Using Positive Outcomes to Evaluate Summer Youth Employment Programs
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Greene, Jordan; Seefeldt, Kristin – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2023
Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEPs) help connect youth to opportunities for career exploration, skill development, and mentorship. Despite heightened investment in SYEPs, research regarding positive impacts is limited. Most of the common SYEP evaluation strategies are rooted in deficit thinking and focus on outcomes such as reducing violent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Employment Programs, Summer Programs
Utilizing a Medical School Outreach Program to Help High School Students Explore the Impact of Food Security and Ultraprocessed Foods on Health Risks
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Kyeorda Kemp; Brianne Lewis; Akshata R. Naik; Virginia E. Uhley – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
We offered an enrichment program for high school students with the theme, "The Environment, Health, and You" during the Summer of 2022 and the Spring of 2023. We developed several educational modules for high school students that provided them with an opportunity to learn and explore the foundations of physiological systems, nutrient…
Descriptors: High School Students, Learning Modules, Physiology, Nutrition Instruction
Learning by Playing Init2Winit: How Alignment Knowledge Increases Educational Aspirations and College Plans in High School
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Chen, I-Chien; Rocha-Beverly, Christel; Schneider, Barbara – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2022
Init2Winit, a gamified mobile application designed to increase students' alignment knowledge between college, career, and salary expectations has been beta-tested in midwestern urban and rural U.S. high schools (age 14-18). Students earn different points in the game when their educational expectations and expected annual income are matched with…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Games, High School Students