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Sanlyn Buxner; Erin Turner; Ricardo Valerdi; Seneca B. Miller; Christina Baze – Afterschool Matters, 2025
In sports, youth are coached to see persistence and hard work as important paths to personal improvement and success. They come to understand through practice that mistakes are tools to help them improve and that collaboration and teamwork are keys to success in team sports. These ideas about the importance of effort, persistence, mistakes, and…
Descriptors: Athletics, Cognitive Structures, Mathematical Concepts, Self Concept
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Christine Wusylko; Zhen Xu; Kara M. Dawson; Pavlo D. Antonenko; Do Hyong Koh; Minyoung Lee; Amber E. Benedict; Swarup Bhunia – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2024
This article describes the use of a comic book to anchor a cryptology and cybersecurity curriculum for upper elementary students. Perceptions about the comic book from 138 students across 11 afterschool programs were examined using survey, classroom observation, and interviews. Data analysis revealed that the comic book created a…
Descriptors: Technology, Computer Security, Information Security, Cartoons
Taylor Cunningham; Sophia Krysa – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Today's society requires students to navigate many challenging situations that require certain social emotional learning skills. Previous research suggests that skills like resilience can be built or developed (Daniel & Wassell, 2002; Masten, 2014; Ngo, 2019). Resilience and sense of belonging are factors that impact climate at after-school…
Descriptors: Art, Social Emotional Learning, Resilience (Psychology), Sense of Community
Region 5 Comprehensive Center, 2024
High-quality afterschool and summer learning programs are effective ways to support children and teens and accelerate their academic growth. In fact, the American Rescue Plan prioritized a significant amount of funding for out-of-school time programs because of the evidence of their effectiveness. Over the past few years, state educational…
Descriptors: After School Programs, After School Education, Summer Programs, State Aid
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Pariece Nelligan; Daniela DiGiacomo; Phebe Chew; Julian Sefton-Green; Kylie Peppler; Sam Mejias – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2024
The benefit of participating in Out-of-School Time (OST) arts programs has been widely documented in studies that often reflect impact over short timeframes. Youth arts organisations often bear extraordinary claims about the impact of programs, and the value they hold especially in the lives of those who face difficult social circumstances. This…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Adolescents, Early Adolescents, Late Adolescents
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Karen Lux Gaudreault; Denis Schulz; Victoria N. Shiver; Theresa Allgaier – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2024
Purpose: Grounded in occupational socialization theory, the purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of mentoring underserved youth on the socialization of preservice teachers within a community-engaged after-school program. Methods: Data consisted of semistructured interviews, critical incident accounts, and field notes. All…
Descriptors: Mentors, At Risk Persons, Socialization, Preservice Teachers
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Alexandra Skrocki; Gary Ellis; Andrea Ettekal; Darlene Locke – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2024
Using a statewide sample of participants in 4-H programs, we tested associations among youth sparks, program quality, program dosage, and four types of involvement (breadth of participation in out-of-school-time beyond 4-H, scope of learning strategies, degree of specialization, and cumulative program immersion). Participants were 180 Texas 4-H…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Student Motivation, Youth Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Rebecca S. Levine; Samantha Viano – Journal of Adolescence, 2025
Introduction: Out-of-school time (OST) programs can have a positive impact on youth outcomes, including academic achievement and social-emotional development. However, there are vast inequities in program accessibility and quality, with low-income adolescents being particularly underserved. This study synthesizes research on OST programs serving…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Low Income Students, Secondary School Students, Adolescents
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
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Jessica Bouchard; Jennifer S. Wong – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2025
Adolescents face many difficulties when transitioning to high school, particularly when it comes to their social circles and maintaining friendships. As these challenges can have long-term consequences, providing support to youth during this period is essential. The YWCA Youth Education Programs (YEP) in Vancouver, BC offer group-based,…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Relationship, Gender Issues, After School Programs
Rashad Issa – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a one-to-one intensive tutoring program in English and Mathematics on improving English learners' test scores on standardized assessments like the Pre-Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT). The program of interest in this study is called The Rising Stars Program and is designed based on…
Descriptors: Intervention, English Language Learners, English, Mathematics Instruction
Hannah Lantos; Zakia Redd; Jessica Warren; Michael Bradley; Sham Habteselasse – Child Trends, 2024
Out-of-school-time (OST) programs and their funders rely on sound data to make decisions about everything from professional development and student recruitment to the selection of activities to offer students. Programs operate at a range of times (before and after school, weekends, summer) and in a variety of locations (e.g., schools,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Program Effectiveness, Outcome Measures, After School Programs
MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership, 2024
Strong, caring relationships with adult and peer mentors have long played a crucial role in helping young people thrive academically and overcome challenges they face while at school and at key points in their educational journey. These mentoring relationships for students can be provided at school through volunteer programs embedded in the school…
Descriptors: Mentors, Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Low Income Students
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Laura J. Morizio; Amy L. Cook; Melissa A. Collier-Meek; Gianna M. Famolare; Lindsay M. Fallon; Stacy L. Bender – School Psychology Review, 2024
Creating Compassion is an empathy-focused creative arts curriculum designed to provide short-term, low-cost, high-quality social-emotional learning (SEL) to communities and settings with limited resources. The present study sought to determine whether Creating Compassion was effective for increasing displays of prosocial behaviors and broad SEL…
Descriptors: Empathy, Altruism, Prosocial Behavior, Social Emotional Learning
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Steven M. Worker; Roshan Nayak; Fe Moncloa – Journal of Extension, 2024
Young people need digital competency and confidence to effectively harness computing power to solve problems and design solutions; a core component is improving young people's computational thinking. Unfortunately, access to computer science education is lacking for all youth, and in particular for youth who live in lower-income households, who…
Descriptors: Youth Clubs, Computer Science Education, Computation, Thinking Skills
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