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Pitas, Nicholas; Murray, Alison; Olsen, Max; Graefe, Alan – Journal of Extension, 2017
This article describes a modified importance-performance framework for use in evaluation of recreation-based experiential learning programs. Importance-performance analysis (IPA) provides an effective and readily applicable means of evaluating many programs, but the near universal satisfaction associated with recreation inhibits the use of IPA in…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Recreational Programs, Program Evaluation, Statistical Analysis
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Fisher, Eden E.; Sharp, Ryan L.; Bradley, Michael J. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2017
Service learning is becoming a more utilized method of instruction in collegiate settings, and holds the potential to provide a deeper, more transferable meaning of course material for students. The purpose of this research was to examine if therapeutic recreation (TR) concentration students perceived service learning to be more personally and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Service Learning, Therapeutic Recreation, Undergraduate Students
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Rocchi, Meredith; Couture, A. Lauren – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2018
Background: Within the field of coach development, previous research has ascertained that elite coaches learn through a variety of formal, non-formal, and informal sources. Little is known, however, about how coaches from different coaching contexts such as recreational and developmental learn to coach. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Recreational Programs, Online Surveys, Questionnaires, Athletic Coaches
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Gagnon, Ryan J.; Stone, Garrett A.; Garst, Barry A. – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2017
Critically examining common statistical approaches and their strengths and weaknesses is an important step in advancing recreation and leisure sciences. To continue this critical examination and to inform methodological decision making, this study compared three approaches to determine how alternative approaches may result in contradictory…
Descriptors: Recreation, Recreational Programs, Educational Research, Research Methodology
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Brown, Nicholas R.; Terry, Robert, Jr. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2013
Many state FFA associations conduct summer camps focusing on leadership and personal development for FFA members. Interestingly, little research has been conducted on the impact or outcomes of these common activities. The purpose of this split-plot factorial repeated-measures experiment was to assess the level of campers' learning of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Leaders, National Organizations, Student Organizations
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van Deventer, Karel – South African Journal of Education, 2009
Educational transformation in South Africa not only brought about Outcomes-based Education and Curriculum 2005 but also a new Learning Area/Subject, called Life Orientation (LO). A major challenge for LO as a new Learning Area/Subject is the preconceptions that exist about it, and the fact that the attitude of school principals is not conducive to…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Program Implementation, Teacher Surveys, Program Attitudes