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Chang, Mido; Singh, Kusum – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 2008
The goal of this study was to explore the long-term effects of all-day kindergarten programs on children's academic performance. The study used three waves of data from a nationally representative database from the United States, the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS), with the first wave at the beginning of kindergarten and the third wave…
Descriptors: Age, Mathematics Activities, Academic Achievement, Day Programs
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Ponchillia, Paul E.; Armbruster, Jennifer; Wiebold, Jennipher – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2005
The National Sports Education Camps Project (NSEC), a joint partnership between Western Michigan University and the United States Association of Blind Athletes, provides short-term interventions to teach sports to children with visual impairments. A study comparing 321 students with visual impairments, ranging in age from 8 to 19 years, before and…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Athletics, Day Camp Programs, Partnerships in Education
Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia; Davis, Kalisha; Moore, Amber; Joselowsky, Francine; Yohalem, Nicole; Pittman, Karen – Forum for Youth Investment, 2004
The word "summer" brings to mind images of a relaxed, unstructured season--a time markedly different from other seasons of the year. In the United States, we have a particularly entrenched notion that summer is different--a notion reflected in popular assumptions about summer as a "break" and reinforced by carefree depictions…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Popular Culture, Summer Schools, At Risk Students