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Matthew Geoghegan – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study was conducted to provide a better understanding of how teacher mentors are trained and supported by their coaches through the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) On the Rise Academy's mentor training program. The focus of the study was to uncover what teacher mentors viewed as effective training in their roles while…
Descriptors: Mentors, Public Schools, School Districts, Coaching (Performance)
Faqryza Ab Latif – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study is to investigate how a virtual mentored research program, the National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP), affects sense of belonging among underserved students in science fields. Examining the effects of virtual research programs can contribute to the body of research on ways to instill sense of belonging…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Sense of Community, STEM Education, Electronic Learning
Byram, Jamie Lynn; Grable, John; White, Kenneth J.; Thomas, Michael; Watkins, Kimberly – Journal of Extension, 2021
The purpose of this paper is to present a profile of middle-school-age youth who participated in a weeklong experiential residential camp focused on helping campers learn about and interact with money, personal finance topics, and mainstream financial service providers. Based on pre- and post-test data, it was determined an experiential real-world…
Descriptors: Money Management, Middle School Students, Profiles, Camps
Botting, Rachael G.; Ribbe, Robert E., Jr.; Robinson, Greg – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2021
The purpose of this study was to quantitatively assess the impact of working at a camp on summer camp staff while simultaneously seeking to understand what facilitates and inhibits growth in that context. This study examined differences in levels of leadership, teamwork and resilience before and after working at a summer camp as a staff member. It…
Descriptors: Camps, Summer Programs, Employment, Skill Development
Ceylan, Özge – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2022
With this study, the contribution of the waste management themed summer program, which includes enriched activities considering the learning needs of gifted students, has contributed to the students' environmental attitudes, creative thinking skills and critical thinking dispositions. A five-day program was applied to gifted (n = 29) fifth grade…
Descriptors: Sanitation, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, Grade 5
Henderson, Lora; Silver, Blake R.; Booren, Leslie; Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E.; Wyckoff, James – Journal of College Student Development, 2020
The Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) at the University of Virginia was designed to prepare students from underrepresented racial and socioeconomic groups--including Students of Color, low-income, and first-generation college students--for graduate study in education research by developing confidence with skills and academic practices…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Access to Education, Graduate Study, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study
Henderson, Lora; Silver, Blake R.; Booren, Leslie; Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E.; Wyckoff, James – Grantee Submission, 2020
The Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) at the University of Virginia (UVA) attempts to address inequalities in the pipeline to graduate education and faculty careers by preparing underrepresented students for graduate study in education research. To assess program effectiveness, pre- and post-program data were gathered from 60 of 62 SURP…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Access to Education, Graduate Study, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study
Center for Civic Education, 2018
This one-page fact sheet presents findings from a two-phase evaluation of the week-long We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution summer institutes during 2009. The institutes evaluated were the Grand Teton Institute, the Iowa Institute, the National Middle School Institute, and two National Elementary Institutes. Two hundred upper…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Program Evaluation, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Yin, Yue; Hadad, Roxana; Tang, Xiaodan; Lin, Qiao – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2020
Computational thinking (CT) is believed to be a critical factor to facilitate STEM learning, and a vital learning objective itself. Therefore, researchers are continuing to explore effective ways to improve and assess it. Makerspaces feature various hands-on activities, which can attract students with diverse interests from different backgrounds.…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Entrepreneurship, STEM Education, Hands on Science
Hazar, Kürsat – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of regular exercise on some motoric features in 7-12-year-old boys and girls in 8 weeks period of time. To the study 66 boys with an average age of 8, [plus or minus] 7963, as 54 of them in research and 12 of them in control groups; 66 girls, 36 of them as research and 30 as control group, a…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Physical Education
Woody, Robert H.; Fraser, Amy; Nannen, Briana; Yukevich, Polly – Music Education Research, 2019
We explored the role of self-efficacy in participatory music-making, and whether a single such music-making activity could make non-musician adults more open to seeing themselves as musical. Past research has suggested that even recipients of multiple years of school music education do not consider "being musical" as a part of their…
Descriptors: Music, Older Adults, Self Concept, Self Efficacy
Gondra, Ager; Czerwionka, Lori – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2018
This investigation examined intercultural knowledge development in a short-term study abroad program in a cultural and linguistic minority context (Basque Country, Spain). A pre- and post-program quantitative and qualitative design was used with 26 participants. The quantitative, survey-based results demonstrated an increase in intercultural…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Study Abroad, Knowledge Management, Pretests Posttests
Garst, Barry A.; Gagnon, Ryan J.; Brawley, Alice M. – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2019
Preparing competent staff is a critical issue within the camp community. This quasi-experimental study examined the effectiveness of an online course for improving staff competency in camp healthcare practices among college-aged camp staff and a comparison group (N = 55). We hypothesized that working in camp would increase competency test scores…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Pretests Posttests, Instructional Effectiveness, Control Groups
Schuster, David; Cobern, William W.; Adams, Betty A. J.; Undreiu, Adriana; Pleasants, Brandy – Research in Science Education, 2018
Science curricula and teaching methods vary greatly, depending in part on which facets of science are emphasized, e.g., core disciplinary ideas or science practices and process skills, and perspectives differ considerably on desirable pedagogies. Given the multi-faceted nature of science and the variety of teaching methods found in practice, it is…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Science Instruction, Core Curriculum, Science Curriculum
Frost, Jodi L.; Dreher, J. P. – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
An online four-week summer mathematics bridge program was implemented at a Midwest university with historically low pass rates in College Algebra and Remedial Mathematics. Students who completed the four week program significantly increased their mathematics placement exam scores. These students also had a higher pass rate in their initial college…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Mathematics Instruction, Algebra