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Download full textHenderson, Harold L.; Shively, Joe E. – 1980
A study examined the degree to which experienced-based career education (EBCE) participation enhances students' self-concept. The following three instruments were administered to 265 high school juniors and seniors at five sites (Ames, Iowa; Bremen and Brunswick Georgia; and Syracuse and Ithaca, New York): (1) a student questionnaire designed to…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Demography, Experiential Learning
Gillis, Harold Leon, Jr. – 1981
High school students in grades 8-12 participated in an experimental three-weekend camping and construction project designed to measure the personal and social growth potential of a non-risk, challenging, generative-based experience. Twenty-three students were matched and randomly assigned to either an experimental group or a control group.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Camping, Construction Programs, Educational Research
Benson, Lyle E. – 1981
A sample of 17 Camrose Lutheran College students (ages 19 to 24) who were enrolled in a 22-day wilderness Outdoor Education Leadership Course and a control group of 22 students who were not enrolled in the course were studied for changes in participants' self-concept and for the factors and curriculum activities which affected self-concept.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Camping, College Students, Communication Skills
Ewert, Alan – 1977
The Tennessee Self Concept Scale was used to study the effect of outdoor adventure activities on the self concept of university students. Related studies have found significant changes in self concept following survival training and Outward Bound experiences. The study population consisted of 99 students enrolled in 1 of 4 classes at Eastern…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adventure Education, Camping, Comparative Analysis
Fersch, Ellsworth; Smith, Mary – 1978
High school sophomores participating in the second year of Project Adventure, an educational program expanded to include community service, experiential learning, and a rigorous physical education program, showed improvements in physical abililty and self-concept consistent with improvements shown by students in the program's first year.…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Affective Objectives, Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment
Fersch, Ellsworth; Smith, Mary – 1978
Project Adventure, an innovative educational program combining experiential learning in academics with a rigorous physical education curriculum at the high school level, was successful in its first year (1971-72). Project staff attempted to: develop and teach the physical education component; involve students and faculty in experiential dimensions…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Affective Objectives, Educational Environment, Experiential Learning
