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Direct linkGarst, Barry A.; Ozier, Lance W. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2015
Many children experience summer learning loss during the summer as measured by grade-level equivalents on standardized tests. Camp-based reading programs are a promising strategy to reduce summer learning loss. Situated within a positive youth development (PYD) theoretical approach, this study explored the efficacy of a U.S. camp-based reading…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Day Camp Programs, Summer Programs, Youth Programs
Broyles, Iris A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a distributed cognition hybrid minicourse in increasing a 1-day camp's ability to effect long-term knowledge retention and pro-environment attitudes and behaviors in sixth graders. The preevent-postevent minicourse was designed to reduce cognitive overload generated by an intense immersion into the…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Pretests Posttests, Grade 6, Minicourses
