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Bourdeau, Virginia D.; Galloway, Robin; Arnold, Mary; Nott, Brooke D. – Journal of Extension, 2014
This article reports on an alumni study of middle school participants in a university-based science camp; at the time of the study the youth were completing their junior or senior year of high school. The science- and technology-intensive program was set in an intentionally designed positive youth development context. The camp was free to youth…
Descriptors: Alumni, Middle School Students, Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students
CRAVEN, GENE FRANCIS – 1966
THE CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY AND UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE POSSESSED BY STUDENTS COMPLETING PLANNED CURRICULA IN SCIENCE EDUCATION WERE INVESTIGATED. THE EFFECTS OF SCIENCE CURRICULA UPON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE ABILITIES AND UNDERSTANDINGS WERE EXAMINED BY COMPARING MEAN TEST SCORES OF SCIENCE TEACHER-CANDIDATES TO THOSE OF (1) FRESHMEN IN…
Descriptors: College Science, Critical Thinking, Doctoral Dissertations, Scientific Attitudes