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Facilitating Motivation in Young Adolescents: Effects of an After-School Program
- Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
, 2007
"... Abstract This study examined the effects of a motivationally facilitative after-school program on 7th grade students' autonomous motivation, learning goals, school engagement, and performance in science class. Pairs of students were individually matched on sex, race/ethnicity, free lunch statu ..."
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status, and science grades and each member was randomly assigned to either a 15 week, after-school program or a control group. Students (N = 90) completed questionnaires regarding their motivation, and engagement before and after the program. Science, math, social studies, and English teachers rated
MAD Science: Increasing Engagement in STEM Education through Participatory Sensing
"... utilizes participatory sensing as a central theme to increase middle school students ’ engagement and interest in science and technology. Participatory sensing involves the general public in collecting and sharing information about the surrounding environment through the use of sensing (e.g., camera ..."
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.g., camera, GPS, accelerometer) and input capabilities on handheld mobile devices, such as smartphones. We present the results of a pilot offering of the MAD Science curriculum as part of a 10-week after-school program for middle school children. Our results indicate the potential for participatory sensing
MOOSE Crossing: Construction, Community, and Learning in a Networked Virtual World for Kids
, 1997
"... In research about the Internet, too much attention is paid to its ability to provide access to information. This thesis argues that the Internet can be used not just as a conduit for information, but as a context for learning through community-supported collaborative construction. A "constructi ..."
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it easier for children to learn to program on MOOSE Crossing. It presents a detailed analysis, using an ethnographic methodology, of children's activities and learning experiences on MOOSE Crossing, with special focus on seven children who participated in a weekly after-school program from October 1995
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"... This project, "First Teachers, " studied urban African-American families ' perceptions of an after school involvement program which incorporates family storytelling and writing using computers. The project also examined the development and maintenance of university partnerships with i ..."
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education department. One school is public and the other parochial with 90 to 100 percent of the students being African-American. Students in kindergarten through third grade and their families were invited to participate in the 1-hour, 1 day-a-week, after school program. The program is being implemented
Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments
- in India,” NBER Working Paper
, 2005
"... This paper presents the results of two randomized experiments conducted in schools in urban India. A remedial education program hired young women to teach students lagging behind in basic literacy and numeracy skills. It increased average test scores of all children in treatment schools by 0.28 stan ..."
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This paper presents the results of two randomized experiments conducted in schools in urban India. A remedial education program hired young women to teach students lagging behind in basic literacy and numeracy skills. It increased average test scores of all children in treatment schools by 0
Basic Block Distribution Analysis to Find Periodic Behavior and Simulation Points in Applications
, 2001
"... Modern architecture research relies heavily on detailed pipeline simulation. Simulating the full execution of an industry standard benchmark can take weeks to months to complete. To overcome this problem researchers choose a very small portion of a program's execution to evaluate their results, ..."
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Modern architecture research relies heavily on detailed pipeline simulation. Simulating the full execution of an industry standard benchmark can take weeks to months to complete. To overcome this problem researchers choose a very small portion of a program's execution to evaluate their results
Pedometers and Aerobic Capacity: Evaluating an Elementary After-School Running Program
"... Childhood obesity affects 1 of every 6 youth in the United States. One contributing factor to this statistic is a lack of physical activity (PA). Demands related to accountability which are placed on educators to demonstrate academic achievement often result in resistance to allocating time during ..."
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the school day for PA. One possible solution is to consider utilizing time after school to integrate PA programs. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of a 12-week after-school pedometer-focused PA program on aerobic capacity and to examine the relationship between step count and aerobic
The impact of after-school programs that promote personal and social skills
- Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
, 2007
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