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Girls Are Good at STEM: Opening Minds and Providing Evidence Reduces Boys' Stereotyping of Girls' STEM Ability
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Emily N. Cyr; Kathryn M. Kroeper; Hilary B. Bergsieker; Tara C. Dennehy; Christine Logel; Jennifer R. Steele; Rita A. Knasel; W. Tyler Hartwig; Priscilla Shum; Stephanie L. Reeves; Odilia Dys-Steenbergen; Amrit Litt; Christopher B. Lok; Taylor Ballinger; Haemi Nam; Crystal Tse; Amanda L. Forest; Mark Zanna; Sheryl Staub-French; Mary Wells; Toni Schmader; Stephen C. Wright; Steven J. Spencer – Child Development, 2024
Girls and women face persistent negative stereotyping within STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). This field intervention was designed to improve boys' perceptions of girls' STEM ability. Boys (N = 667; mostly White and East Asian) aged 9-15 years in Canadian STEM summer camps (2017-2019) had an intervention or control…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, STEM Education, Summer Programs
Promoting Positive Youth Development through School-Based Social and Emotional Learning Interventions: A Meta-Analysis of Follow-Up Effects
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Taylor, Rebecca D.; Oberle, Eva; Durlak, Joseph A.; Weissberg, Roger P. – Child Development, 2017
This meta-analysis reviewed 82 school-based, universal social and emotional learning (SEL) interventions involving 97,406 kindergarten to high school students (M[subscript age] = 11.09 years; mean percent low socioeconomic status = 41.1; mean percent students of color = 45.9). Thirty-eight interventions took place outside the United States.…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Social Development, Emotional Development, Intervention
Assessing the Effects of a Work-Based Antipoverty Program for Parents on Youth's Future Orientation and Employment Experiences
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McLoyd, Vonnie C.; Kaplan, Rachel; Purtell, Kelly M.; Huston, Aletha C. – Child Development, 2011
The impacts of New Hope, a 3-year work-based antipoverty program to increase parent employment and reduce poverty, on youth ages 9-19 (N = 866) were assessed 5 years after parents left the program. New Hope had positive effects on the future orientation and employment experiences of boys, especially African American boys. Compared to boys in…
Descriptors: Poverty Programs, Parents, Children, Program Effectiveness
A Developmental Perspective on Full- versus Part-Day Kindergarten and Children's Academic Trajectories through Fifth Grade
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Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth; Li-Grining, Christine P.; Maldonado-Carreno, Carolina – Child Development, 2008
Children's kindergarten experiences are increasingly taking place in full- versus part-day programs, yet important questions remain about whether there are significant and meaningful benefits to full-day kindergarten. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study's Kindergarten Cohort (N= 13,776), this study takes a developmental approach to…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Mathematics Skills, Grade 5, Child Development
Developmental Trends in Preschool Play as a Function of Classroom Program and Child Gender.
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Johnson, James E.; Ershler, Joan – Child Development, 1981
This 16-month longitudinal study examined effects of time, classroom program, and child gender on play behaviors of preschoolers attending a formal education program or a discovery program. Analysis revealed that dramatic interactive play and transformational behavior increased, while constructive play decreased. Boys in discovery classroom…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Class Activities, Dramatic Play, Longitudinal Studies
Children and Mothers in War: An Outcome Study of a Psychosocial Intervention Program.
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Dybdahl, Ragnhild – Child Development, 2001
Evaluated effects on children in Bosnia and Herzegovina of a 5-month psychosocial intervention program of weekly group meetings for mothers. Found that although all participants were exposed to severe trauma, their distress varied considerably. The intervention program had a positive effect on mothers' mental health, children's weight gain, and…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Emotional Adjustment, Foreign Countries