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An Evaluation of an Unstructured and Structured Approach to Increasing Recess Physical Activity
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Behrens, Timothy K.; Holeva-Eklund, Whitney M.; Luna, Carmen; Carpenter, Dick; Tucker, Elizabeth; Field, Julaine; Kelly, Cheryl – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate an unstructured and a structured program designed to increase physical activity (PA). The unstructured program increased the amount of equipment during recess, whereas the structured program introduced activities to students. Methods: PA was observed using the System for Observing Play and…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Life Style, Equipment, Recess Breaks
Evolving an Ecological Way of Thinking: Social Interactions and the Construction of Environmentally Sustainable Behaviors in Adolescents during Expeditionary Learning
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Fruend, Jennifer R. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The people around us - as well as the methodical progression of education through content - often shape our relationship to the world. Currently, Earth is at a crossroads, which requires humans to act and live more sustainably with an intentional environmental ethos, whether for literal survival or for slowing Earth's resource degradation.…
Descriptors: Ecology, Sustainable Development, Conservation (Environment), Consciousness Raising
Resilience, Peer Relationships, and Confidence: Do Girls' Programs Promote Positive Change?
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Whittington, Anja; Aspelmeier, Jeffery E. – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2018
The purpose of this study was to analyze whether girls' levels of resilience increased after participation in a variety of programs. In this study, 711 girls participated in one of four program types: adventure education (n = 71), experiential education (n = 164), traditional camp setting (n = 228), and mixed camp setting (n = 248). The study…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Peer Relationship, Self Esteem, Females
Parent Education Program for Incarcerated Mothers in Colorado
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Gonzalez, Patricia; Romero, Tony; Cerbana, Christine B. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2007
One of the primary goals of correctional education is to reduce recidivism by reintegrating inmates into society and family in a productive and positive manner and, in the case of parent education, become good and effective parents to their children. Research suggests that prison parent education programs provide inmates with measurable knowledge…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Mothers, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
A Social Marketing Campaign in Denver: Reducing the Risk of Elder Fraud
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McKenna, Judy; Miller, Jacque; Curtis, Lisa – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2004
Acknowledging the pain and loss senior citizens experience due to fraud, the Denver District Attorney's Office launched a campaign--"Clergy Against Senior Exploitation (CASE)"--to reduce fraud perpetrated on older persons. The thrust of this project was preventing fraud by educating older adults through their religious affiliations in…
Descriptors: Deception, Older Adults, Risk, Consumer Science
A Preliminary Evaluation of the Colorado Rethink Parenting and Anger Management Program.
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Fetsch, Robert J.; Schultz, Carol J.; Wahler, James J. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1999
A study involving 99 parents investigated results of a Colorado parenting and anger-management program. Results indicated that participants' anger-control level increased, and family conflict, anger, violence, and verbal aggression decreased. Participants also reported increased knowledge levels, improved attitudes, improved behaviors, and…
Descriptors: Anger, Behavior Change, Child Abuse, Child Rearing