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Lorcha M. Lewis – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Literacy is a prevailing challenge of student achievement within urban schools. Capitol City Intermediate School's Extended Day Program, also known as the Real World Learning Program, is an academic after-school program that focuses on literacy. The incoming 4th grade students who have underperformed on the NJSLA 3 assessment are the target…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Low Achievement, Elementary School Students, Program Effectiveness
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Bohdan S. Lotyczewski; Renae A. Whittington; Lynn Smith; Shelley Sanyshyn; Erinn B. Duprey; Marjorie Allan; Joseph P. McFall; Ann Marie White – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2024
Chronic absenteeism in early childhood is associated with numerous adverse outcomes throughout childhood and adolescence. Interventions are needed to prevent chronic absenteeism and support child development in early education. The present study investigated the effect of Primary Project, a school-based prevention program, on average school…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Grade 1
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Corinne Syrnyk; Erin Williams; Alisa McArthur – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2024
Burnout, often linked to increased stress, can impact student mental health, academic success, and overall well-being. To investigate animal-assisted interventions' (specifically a canine-assisted intervention; CAI) impact on student stress and burnout, a free CAI event was held on campus prior to final exams (n = 41). Self-selecting participants…
Descriptors: Burnout, Stress Variables, Undergraduate Students, Intervention
Albert Edward Willson IV – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study was an action research analysis of a competitive, after-school robotics program in the Woodland Hills School District. A longitudinal quantitative analysis was used to measure the effects of the after-school program on academic achievement and student engagement in school. Grade Point Average was measured before the program began and…
Descriptors: Robotics, After School Programs, Academic Achievement, Learner Engagement
Tiffany Wu; Christina Weiland – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Chronic absenteeism is a critical issue that has been linked to many adverse student outcomes. The current study focuses on improving a key system already in place in many school districts--early warning systems (EWSs)--in order to decrease chronic absenteeism in students' earliest schooling years. Using a demographically diverse population of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
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Laura Holian; Catharine Warner-Griffin; Benjamin P. Gold – Grantee Submission, 2024
The purpose of this study was to understand if a STEM camp (Gear Up 4 STEM) offered during school breaks could improve science outcomes and engagement of elementary school students. This study followed two cohorts of students in Knox County Schools (grades 3, 4, and 5) over one school year and assessed their performance on the state administered…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Elementary School Students, Science Achievement
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Amie F. Bettencourt; Deborah Gross; Natalie Schock; Rebecca Ferro; Nancy Perrin – Early Education and Development, 2024
This sequential mixed methods study evaluated the impact of the Chicago Parent Program (CPP) in 12 Baltimore Title I PreK programs on parent engagement and student outcomes from kindergarten through 2nd grade. Phase 1 (quasi-experiment; N = 11,996) compared PreK students whose parents enrolled in CPP with those whose parents did not enroll in CPP…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Parenting Skills, Public Education, Federal Programs