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Livingood, William C.; Monticalvo, David; Bernhardt, Jay M.; Wells, Kelli T.; Harris, Todd; Kee, Kadra; Hayes, Johnathan; George, Donald; Woodhouse, Lynn D. – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
Background: The complexity of the childhood obesity epidemic requires the application of community-based participatory research (CBPR) in a manner that can transcend multiple communities of stakeholders, including youth, the broader community, and the community of health care providers. Aim: To (a) describe participatory processes for engaging…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Obesity, Participatory Research, Qualitative Research
Scott, Catherine Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the knowledge, skills, and dispositions enabled for elementary school participants in two summer herpetology programs, one in North Carolina and one in Florida. An additional purpose of this study was to examine the normative scientific practices in which participants engaged and to describe how these…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Summer Programs, Animals
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DeMarie, Darlene – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2010
Although "top-down" indicators, such as the ratio of adults to children in classrooms and program rankings based on standardized test scores, can predict some of the future impact of children's education, "bottom-up" factors, such as whether children feel welcome and whether they find the learning activities to be meaningful…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Standardized Tests, Elementary Schools, Autobiographies