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Sherry Petty – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Extensive research has been conducted on summer reading loss among children from low-SES families and children who are struggling readers (Alexander, Entwisle, & Olson, 2001; Allington, et al., 2010; Compton-Lilly, Caloia, Quast, & McCann, 2016; Cooper, Nye, Charlton, Lindsay, & Greathouse, 1996; Heyns, 1978; Parker & Reid, 2017).…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Vacation Programs, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains
Mann, Jessica – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Service-learning initiatives often serve as higher education's approach to achieving institutional goals of fostering students' civic growth. Alternative Spring Breaks (ASBs), defined in this study as short-term immersion trips developed to engage college students in direct service experiences, have been understudied as service-learning…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Student Attitudes, College Students, Vacation Programs
Johnson, Zac D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Alternative breaks represent a new tradition in collegiate service learning (Campus Connect, 2011), wherein students forego traditional break activities (e.g., vacations) to participate in community service with their peers through university sponsored programs. Despite their growing popularity these programs are understudied. Research that has…
Descriptors: Vacation Programs, Service Learning, School Community Programs, College Students