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Download full textDyer, Samantha L.; Constantino, Nora; Chen, Li-Teng; Burns, Ryan D.; Fu, You – JTRM in Kinesiology, 2023
The average daily amount of physical activity (PA) expended by children in summer camp is unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the trends in PA and sedentary behavior in school-aged summer campers during an outdoor adventure summer camp. Participants were a convenience sample of school-aged children (N = 183; 102 males and 81…
Descriptors: Children, Physical Activity Level, Child Behavior, Measurement Equipment
Heather L. Moll; Ronald I. Dorn – Geographical Education, 2023
The Arizona Geographic Alliance has addressed out-of-field geography teaching for three decades by training organisational leaders (called Teacher Consultants or TCs) who become advocates for geographic literacy in their districts and schools. The core recruitment tool has been an annual Alliance Summer Geography Institute (ASGI). Here, we ask the…
Descriptors: Teacher Qualifications, Geography Instruction, Summer Programs, Workshops
Direct linkLeung, Suzannie K. Y.; Yuen, Mantak – Education 3-13, 2023
The role of storybooks in offering an educational resource that promotes young children's cognitive and creative development has been recognised in the previous literature. The small-scale exploratory study reported here investigated children's senses of humour through pop-up storybook production. A workshop in Hong Kong, entitled Storybook…
Descriptors: Talent, Humor, Picture Books, Story Telling
Richard G. Lambert – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2023
This study examined the relationship between using the Ignite by Hatch™ educational gaming system and assessments of the developmental status of young children participating in the 2023 Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) Summer Transition Program. Researchers collected data that describe the extent to which the children engaged…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Summer Programs, Young Children, Child Development
Sue Schroeder; Barbara L. Stewart; Olivia Johnson – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2024
DesignYOU! Code Camp is a grant-funded summer outreach camp designed to increase interest in coding and STEM careers among middle school students (6th - 8th graders) through an innovative, immersive summer camp experience. To make the concepts of coding more palpable, researchers incorporated fashion and retail allowing students to learn through…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Summer Programs, Outreach Programs, Coding
Elif Eda Miskioglu; Cheryl A. Bodnar; Brittany Butler; Jeffrey Stransky; Cayla Ritz – Chemical Engineering Education, 2024
Process safety remains an area of importance in chemical engineering education. Process safety incidents are tied to individuals' choices that require exercising judgement in weighing competing criteria. While safety is paramount, we need to acknowledge the competing criteria practitioners need to consider (budget, leadership, personal…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Safety Education, Chemical Engineering, Engineering Education
Marcus Brumfield; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh; Christa Winkler – Discover Education, 2024
Background: In response to the effort to increase minority enrollment in college science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors, STEM summer bridge programs were created to help minorities with the transition from high school to college with the long-term goal of increasing the diversity of professionals in STEM. The goal of this…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Outcomes of Education, STEM Education
Lijo Thomas – Journal of School Administration Research and Development, 2024
The purpose of this study was to pilot the DREAMS (Desire, Readiness, Empowerment, Action, and Mastery for Success) program, a community-collaborative, after-school intervention program designed specifically to address the holistic developmental needs of students at school. The author originally developed and implemented the program in Kerala,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Summer Programs, School Community Relationship, Adolescent Development
Oliver W. A. Wilson; Dean Gouda; Bradley J. Cardinal; Kelsey E. Holland; Lucas D. Elliott; Michele Duffey; Melissa Bopp – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To review the physical activity promotion efforts of Power 5 conference institutions' summer transition programs. Methods: The websites of Power 5 Conference and affiliate member institutions (N = 78) were systematically reviewed and information on summer transition programs pertaining to health were extracted. Results: Most (n = 45,…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Nutrition Instruction, Health Education, Course Content
Students' In-Moment Challenges and Developing Maker Perspectives during Problem-Based Digital Making
Ng, Oi-Lam; Liu, Minnie; Cui, Zhihao – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2023
We report on a case study of eight grade 5 to 6 students (ages 12-14) involved in a three-day "digital-making summer camp" focused on mathematical problem-solving through block-based programming combined with programmable electronics. Data analysis focused on the computational thinking (CT), mathematics, and problem-solving challenges…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Summer Programs, Camps
Betser, Sagit; Ambrose, Rebecca; Martin, Lee – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2023
This ethnographic study examines a girls-only summer maker program designed to empower girls who learned to use power tools to build their own designs. Drawing from theories of identity construction within figured worlds, the article shows how girls in the program authored themselves into roles that run counter to patriarchal notions of making and…
Descriptors: Females, Summer Programs, Shared Resources and Services, Empowerment
Lepore-Stevens, Maria; Schugar, Heather – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2023
Introduction: This mixed-methods study examined self-determination at a summer sports camp for youths with visual impairments (i.e., those who are blind or have low vision). Educators of students with visual impairment have reported that the expanded core curriculum should be taught outside of the school day and have reported placing a lower…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Summer Programs, Camps, Visual Impairments
Christopher Lopata; Marcus L. Thomeer; Jonathan D. Rodgers; James P. Donnelly; Jennifer Lodi-Smith – Grantee Submission, 2024
Purpose: A prior randomized trial found a school social intervention yielded significantly better outcomes (social and autism features) immediately following intervention compared to typical school programming (services-as-usual [SAU]) for children on the autism spectrum. In that study, children in the SAU condition subsequently completed a summer…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intervention, Outcomes of Education, Children
Emily N. Cyr; Kathryn M. Kroeper; Hilary B. Bergsieker; Tara C. Dennehy; Christine Logel; Jennifer R. Steele; Rita A. Knasel; W. Tyler Hartwig; Priscilla Shum; Stephanie L. Reeves; Odilia Dys-Steenbergen; Amrit Litt; Christopher B. Lok; Taylor Ballinger; Haemi Nam; Crystal Tse; Amanda L. Forest; Mark Zanna; Sheryl Staub-French; Mary Wells; Toni Schmader; Stephen C. Wright; Steven J. Spencer – Child Development, 2024
Girls and women face persistent negative stereotyping within STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). This field intervention was designed to improve boys' perceptions of girls' STEM ability. Boys (N = 667; mostly White and East Asian) aged 9-15 years in Canadian STEM summer camps (2017-2019) had an intervention or control…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, STEM Education, Summer Programs
Marie Kirkpatrick; Mariela E. Tankersley; Gennina Noelle A. Ferrer; Roberta Carrillo Vega – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2024
Video activity schedules are a combination of video modeling and activity schedules that teach a singular task or a series of tasks to be completed. Instead of a sequence of pictures, videos demonstrate to the learner what is expected to be done. Research has focused heavily on using video activity schedules to teach daily living or vocational…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Video Technology, Educational Games, Visual Aids
