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Direct linkDeirdre Dlugonski; Avery Douglas; Jamie Henning; Johanna M. Hoch – American Journal of Health Education, 2024
Background: Adolescent girls are at an increased risk of low physical activity and the associated health consequences. Girls Can Move!, an after-school intervention guided by social cognitive theory, was designed to increase physical activity. Purpose: To examine the feasibility and initial effectiveness of Girls Can Move! Methods The 8-week…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Females, Physical Activity Level, Adolescents
Download full textDonmez, Ismail – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Purpose: The aim of this research was to analyze change of STEM career choices of female students having different cognitive styles who participated in out-of-school STEM activities. Socio-economically disadvantaged, high academic achiever 20 female students participated in the research. Participants received integrated STEM training for six days…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Career Choice, Females, High Achievement
Koshy, Valsa; Smith, Carole Portman; Brown, Joanna – Gifted Education International, 2017
International evidence demonstrates the importance of engaging parents in the education of their "high-potential" children, yet limited research has focused on the involvement of parents from differing economic strata/backgrounds. The current study explored the dilemmas of parenting academically high-ability children from economically…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Child Rearing, Parent Attitudes, Urban Areas
Flaxman, Erwin; Ascher, Carol – 1992
This descriptive study examines the operation of youth mentoring programs in New York City. In particular, the study maps the experiences of developing and operating youth mentoring programs as articulated by the organizers or directors of 21 such programs; reviews and analyzes the research and descriptions of mentoring programs nationally to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Children, Disadvantaged Youth
