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Direct linkKatlyne Stiles; Surbhi Bansil; Brittany Acevedo; W. Martin Kast; Dieuwertje J. Kast – Connected Science Learning, 2024
The goal of the University of Southern California (USC) WonderKids Program is to expose students to numerous Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) careers in an after-school setting. Elementary school students explore STEM fields with hands-on curricula and guest speakers from those fields. In partnership with the USC/Norris…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Cancer, STEM Education, Audiology
Price-Shingles, June N.; Place, Greg – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2016
After-school programs (ASP) are a long-standing activity historically facilitated by organizations such as the YMCA, Boys and Girls Club, social service/community centers and, in the past decade, an increasing number of municipal park districts. Staffing usually consist of recreation professionals, social and youth workers, and volunteers. In…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, After School Programs, Youth Clubs, Physical Education
Lampert, Nancy – Art Education, 2013
Critical thinking is thought-focused on how to solve a well-defined problem when several alternatives solutions to the problem exist. Because critical thinking may help to build tolerance toward others, the author believes it is a worthwhile subject to investigate, given that people are living in an increasingly multicultural society full of…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Critical Thinking, Art Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Bell, Philip, Ed.; Lewenstein, Bruce, Ed.; Shouse, Andrew W., Ed.; Feder, Michael A., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2009
Informal science is a burgeoning field that operates across a broad range of venues and envisages learning outcomes for individuals, schools, families, and society. The evidence base that describes informal science, its promise, and effects is informed by a range of disciplines and perspectives, including field-based research, visitor studies, and…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Science Education, Evidence, After School Programs
Download full textBeckett, Megan; Borman, Geoffrey; Capizzano, Jeffrey; Parsley, Danette; Ross, Steven; Schirm, Allen; Taylor, Jessica – What Works Clearinghouse, 2009
Out-of-school time programs can enhance academic achievement by helping students learn outside the classroom. The purpose of this practice guide is to provide recommendations for organizing and delivering school-based out-of-school time (OST) programs to improve the academic achievement of student participants. The five recommendations in this…
Descriptors: Conflict of Interest, Student Participation, Academic Achievement, After School Programs
Carroll, Becky; Smith, Anita; Castori, Pam – Inverness Research, 2009
The Exploratorium is home to XTech, a science education program which began in 2006 and was primarily funded by a three-year National Science Foundation grant (Award # 05-25217) through its ITEST (Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers) initiative. XTech provided project-based afterschool activities in science, engineering,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Field Trips, Summative Evaluation, Outreach Programs
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1999
This skill packet presents training information on extended opportunities for student learning (before- and after-school programs, extended time, or extended school programs). The packet offers implementation suggestions, such as explaining what skills trainers need, how to prepare for delivering the packet, tips for working with adults, how to…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Extended School Day
Blair, Leslie Asher, Ed. – Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL), 2006
This issue celebrates Southwest Educational Development Laboratory's (SEDL's) history and touches upon new work. This issue includes an article on the need for educators to have access to relevant, high-quality research findings and to be able to apply those findings to their local settings. It also discusses briefly the three randomized…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Educational Research
