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Bengic-Colak, Gizem; Kabapinar, Yucel; Ozturk, Cemil – Pedagogical Research, 2023
The aim of the research is to determine the contribution of the use of the service-learning (SL) approach in social studies courses to the students' development. The participants of this research, which was carried out using qualitative research methodology, are 15 students and two social studies teachers who participated in SL projects within the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Student Development, Social Studies, Program Effectiveness
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Ingman, Benjamin; Lohmiller, Katie; Cutforth, Nick; Belansky, Elaine – Rural Educator, 2022
Service learning has been established as a promising method of teaching and learning that engages youth as change agents in their schools and communities. But service learning has not been widely implemented or studied in rural K-12 schools. This study explores the case of a service learning curriculum, the Working Together Project (WTP), in a…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Rural Schools, Poverty, Program Effectiveness
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Jordan L. Lawson; Laura M. O'Dwyer; Eric Dearing; Anastasia E. Raczek; Claire Foley; Noman Khanani; Mary E. Walsh; Yan R. Leigh – AERA Open, 2024
National interest is growing in Integrated Student Support (ISS) interventions, which offer schools systematic ways to reduce barriers to learning. The present study exploits the random component embedded within the school assignment system of a large urban school district to estimate the effect of schools providing ISS on student academic…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement, Intervention, Urban Schools
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Adefunke Dadematthews; Melissa M. Pangelinan; Anne E. Bowen; Stacey L. Simon; Jessica L. Chandrasekhar; Jill L. Kaar – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Advocates 4 ALL Youth (ALLY) is a universal, 6-week mental health literacy program, implemented in schools during the school day by community volunteers. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of the ALLY program on youth who endorsed negative affect (i.e., self-reported symptoms of both depression and anxiety). Using a randomized…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, School Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Literacy Education
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Eileen G. Merritt; Andrea E. Weinberg; Candace Lapan; Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman – Grantee Submission, 2024
Energy concepts are taught in many schools, but children rarely have an opportunity to grapple with energy problems and work on their own solutions. This study explores the impacts of Connect Science, a service-learning (SL) program developed to enhance elementary students' energy literacy in the United States. Program impacts were explored within…
Descriptors: Science Education, Service Learning, Energy, Scientific Concepts
Laura Lee Moncrief – ProQuest LLC, 2021
At-risk students' participation in after-school programming is one-way schools are responding to the lagging literacy scores in the U.S. This program evaluation attempted to inform after-school program stakeholders by examining the relationship between participants' attendance in a 21st Century Community Learning Center after-school program…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Attendance, Literacy, Achievement
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Mei-Ling Lin; Yok-Fong Paat; Alyse Cooper; Cayla Molina; Emma Smith; Kristina Millar; Cecilia Fierro – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2023
Using a quasi-experimental design with no control groups, this pilot study aimed to test the effectiveness of a universal mental health promotion program for elementary school students in an underserved United States-Mexico border community. A total of eighty-five fifth and sixth grade students participated in this program and completed the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Mental Health, Health Promotion, Elementary School Students
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Morris, Nancy – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2021
In collaboration with an urban public school, teacher candidates at a nearby university created a social-emotional skills project called Knight Brigade. The author discusses the project planning, implementation, and results as part of this ongoing partnership.
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Preservice Teachers, Social Development
Ethan R. Van Norman – Online Submission, 2022
The Promise Fellow Program is an intervention designed to prevent dropout amongst students in grades 6-12 in Minnesota that show early warning signs of school disengagement. The program is led by interventionists known as Promise Fellows and provides three research-based supports that align with the National Dropout Prevention Center's "Basic…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Federal Programs, Attendance, Instructional Program Divisions
Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E.; Merritt, Eileen G.; Lapan, Candace; DeCoster, Jamie; Hunt, Ashley; Bowers, Nicole – Grantee Submission, 2020
This randomized controlled trial examined the efficacy of an elementary school service-learning program, Connect Science (CS), on classroom practices and students' science achievement, civic engagement, and social skills. Fourth grade teachers were enrolled into intervention versus control conditions resulting in 41 classrooms (20 intervention)…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Elementary School Students, Program Effectiveness, Science Achievement
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Yazcayir, Gulcihan; Gurgur, Hasan – Pedagogical Research, 2021
In this study, the aim is to examine how special education provided for students within inclusive education has continued at home during the pandemic. This study has employed phenomenology as the research method because this design enables researchers to make in-depth analysis and description. Purposeful sampling method was utilized to determine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Students with Disabilities
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Lee, Carole K.; Williams, Patricia Hrusa – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2020
Forty-one pre-service elementary teachers (PSETs) enrolled in a science methods course participated in a service-learning project on energy and sustainability. The goal was to help PSETs and elementary students to understand concepts regarding energy, energy saving, and sustainability through an oncampus Family Energy Day event for 65 elementary…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Elementary School Students, Children, Service Learning
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Schlange, Kallie; Franzen-Castle, Lisa; Walther, Ashley; Dunker, Tara; Krehbiel, Michelle – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Many youth programs focused on improving health outcomes have not examined parent/caregiver perceptions post-participation even though they may significantly influence youth behaviors. The primary purpose of this study was to examine changes in adult perceptions of youth- and family-related behavior after youth participated in a 12-week…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Health Promotion, After School Programs
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Frazier, Denise K. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative research was to examine how a service learning literacy course impacted preservice teacher perceptions of intermediate-aged high-ability children in a mid-high poverty school, and how the educators in the partnering school viewed the experience. Pre- and post-experience responses from preservice teachers and…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Preservice Teacher Education, Literacy Education, High Achievement
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Phelps, Joshua; Smith, Amanda; Parker, Stephany; Hermann, Janice – Journal of Extension, 2016
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service provided elementary school students with a program that included a noncompetitive physical activity component: circuit training that combined cardiovascular, strength, and flexibility activities without requiring high skill levels. The intent was to improve fitness without focusing on body mass index as an…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Health Related Fitness, School Health Services, Extension Education
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