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Lindsey Ryan Oakes; Tracy R. Nichols; Stuart J. Schleien; Jeffrey J. Milroy; Robert W. Strack – Journal of Inclusive Postsecondary Education, 2020
Participation in recreation and sports can produce health benefits for all college students and open pathways to inclusion for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). Despite the growing number of college students with IDD on over 260 college campuses across the United States, there is a dearth of literature…
Descriptors: College Students, Inclusion, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
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Pitas, Nicholas; Murray, Alison; Olsen, Max; Graefe, Alan – Journal of Extension, 2017
This article describes a modified importance-performance framework for use in evaluation of recreation-based experiential learning programs. Importance-performance analysis (IPA) provides an effective and readily applicable means of evaluating many programs, but the near universal satisfaction associated with recreation inhibits the use of IPA in…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Recreational Programs, Program Evaluation, Statistical Analysis
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Kiselev, N. N.; Kiseleva, E. V. – Russian Education & Society, 2015
An analysis of pedagogical expert reviews at children's therapeutic recreation camps in Novosibirsk Region shows that it is necessary to implement an expert review system that plays a supporting and developmental role. Such a system should allow teams of teachers to submit their work to expert review and to move forward by reflecting on their…
Descriptors: Therapeutic Recreation, Recreational Programs, Foreign Countries, Specialists
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Lloyd-Strovas, Jenny D.; Arsuffi, Thomas L. – World Journal of Education, 2016
We examined the diversity of environmental education (EE) in Texas, USA, by developing a framework to assess EE organizations and programs at a large scale: the Environmental Education Database of Organizations and Programs (EEDOP). This framework consisted of the following characteristics: organization/visitor demographics, pedagogy/curriculum,…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Databases, Administrator Surveys, Organizations (Groups)
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Armour, Kathleen; Duncombe, Rebecca – Sport, Education and Society, 2012
There would appear to be an enduring belief that successful sportsmen and women can act as powerful motivational role models for young people, especially disaffected, disadvantaged or disengaged youth. In the UK, for example, this belief has been expressed recently in the development of programmes, such as changingLIVES, the Respect Athlete Mentor…
Descriptors: Athletes, Role Models, Mentors, Student Motivation
Sternloff, Robert E. – Parks and Recreation, 1981
The question of how close a recreation program approximates the original objective of the programer can only be answered by extensive evaluation. The true value of the total recreation program may be determined by evaluating the benefit of a recreation program to the participant. (JN)
Descriptors: Accountability, Evaluation Methods, Objectives, Participant Satisfaction
Schleien, Stuart J.; And Others – Exceptional Parent, 1989
The article offers eight questions for parents to consider in evaluating and developing a disabled child's recreation program. (DB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Parent Role, Program Evaluation, Quality of Life
Hutchison, Peggy; Mannell, Roger C. – Parks and Recreation, 1982
Issues that must be dealt with when training recreation managers about evaluation skills are discussed and training strategies, such as simulation and case studies, are explored. The importance of converting evaluation techniques and theory into useful daily practices is stressed, whether the training takes place in the classroom or in a staff…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluators, Higher Education, Management Development
Williams, Larry R. – Parks and Recreation, 1981
The deplorable condition of recreation services for women inmates was examined in a national study. The study had a twofold purpose: to ascertain the status of prison recreation services for women, and to develop a set of recreation guidelines applicable to state correctional institutions for female offenders. (JN)
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Females, Leisure Time
Iso-Ahola, Seppo E. – Parks and Recreation, 1982
Intrinsic motivation is discussed as the main concern of evaluation of leisure and recreational programs. Two factors influencing leisure behavior are perceived freedom and perceived competence. Two types of intrinsic rewards are possible from leisure participation: rewards and those obtained from a change in environment. Evaluation should then…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Motivation, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Connolly, Peg – Parks and Recreation, 1982
Evaluation is one method of determining accountability in human service programs. A generic evaluation approach contains several steps: (1) stating a purpose for evaluating the program; (2) identifying evaluation questions; (3) identifying the nature of evaluation information; (4) collecting evaluation information; (5) analyzing evaluation…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods
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McCormick, Bryan; And Others – Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 1992
Study explored the perception of parents of campers with mental retardation regarding the benefits of summer camps. Parents rated the relative importance of 22 possible benefits and indicated 6 dimensions of benefits in an ideal program: social skill development, social competence, respite care, cognitive development, expressive development, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Mental Retardation, Parent Attitudes, Program Evaluation
Jewell, David L. – Parks and Recreation, 1981
In the fall of 1978, a study was conducted to ascertain the status of recreation personnel and programs in state maximum security facilities. The frequent criticism that correctional recreation is too sports oriented was supported by the findings of the survey. (JN)
Descriptors: Athletics, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
Howe, Christine Z., Ed.; And Others – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1980
Several aspects for the evaluation of leisure programs are addressed: theoretical frameworks for evaluation; practical rationales for instituting the evaluation process; information about evaluation for persons with varying abilities and needs; and processes for the evaluation of outdoor recreation programs and public leisure sports. (CJ)
Descriptors: Camping, Community Recreation Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Brademas, D. James – Parks and Recreation, 1994
Public leisure service agencies were surveyed in eight states in the Great Lakes region to examine the extent of public leisure service programs directed toward drug and alcohol abusers or programs directed toward neighborhoods at risk. The article offers descriptive information and survey results. (SM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education
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