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Program Development for Disadvantaged High-Ability Students
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Kim, Mihyeon; Cross, Jennifer; Cross, Tracy – Gifted Child Today, 2017
Examining lessons learned through 4 years of experience of hosting Camp Launch, a university-based residential science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) enrichment program for low-income, high-ability, middle school students, this article explores components of the program and offers suggestions for implementing programs that serve…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, STEM Education, Enrichment, Enrichment Activities
From Optimistic Policies to Pessimistic Outcomes: Why Won't Boot Camps Either Succeed Pragmatically or Succumb Politically?
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Stinchcomb, Jeanne B. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2005
Although much of the evaluation research conducted to date on correctional boot camps has produced less-than-favorable results, unimpressive outcomes do not appear to have had a significant impact on their steadfast endurance. To some extent, this may be a reflection of the basic reality that correctional practices have not traditionally been…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Accountability, Public Policy, Resident Camp Programs
Nature-Computer Camp. Final Evaluation Report. E.C.I.A. Chapter 2.
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1986
This report presents a description and evaluation of the Nature-Computer Camp (NCC), an environmental and computer science program designed for sixth grade students in the District of Columbia public schools. Inputs, processes and outcomes based on a Planning, Monitoring and Implementing (PMI) Evaluation Model are reviewed for each of the four…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education
The Nature-Computer Camp. Final Evaluation Report, 1984-1985. E.C.I.A. Chapter 2.
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1985
This report presents a description and evaluation of the Nature-Computer Camp (NCC), an environmental and computer science program designed for sixth grade students in the District of Columbia public schools. Inputs, processes and outcomes based on a Planning, Monitoring and Implementing (PMI) Evaluation Model are reviewed for each of the four…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education