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Summer Schools Research. Final Research Report
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UK Department for Education, 2022
The Department for Education (DfE) provided funding for secondary schools to establish short face-to-face summer schools over the 2021 summer holiday, to help them make up for learning lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lasting for one or two weeks, summer schools involved a blend of academic learning and enrichment activities and were intended to…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Conventional Instruction
Parental Perceptions of Learning Loss during COVID-19 School Closures in 2020
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Booth, Charlotte; Villadsen, Aase; Goodman, Alissa; Fitzsimons, Emla – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2021
Schools across the UK were mostly closed from March to July 2020 due to COVID-19. Therefore, parents and children found themselves thrust into a prolonged period of home-schooling. In this study, parents (N = 2,122) reported on their children's (N = 3,230) home-schooling experiences and its impacts on their children's academic progress. Parental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
Introducing Basic Molecular Biology to Turkish Rural and Urban Primary School Children via Hands-on PCR and Gel Electrophoresis Activities
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Selli, Cigdem; Yildirim, Gokce; Kaymak, Aysegul; Karacicek, Bilge; Ogut, Deniz; Gungor, Turkan; Erem, Erdem; Ege, Mehmet; Bümen, Nilay; Tosun, Metiner – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2014
This study includes the results of a 2-day education project titled "Molecular Biology Laboratory Summer School, MoBiLYO." The project was held at a University Research Center by scientists from Department of Pharmacology and graduate students. The project was composed of introductory lectures, model construction, DNA isolation,…
Descriptors: Molecular Biology, Science Instruction, Summer Programs, Genetics
Recent Changes in Summer Sessions of U.S. and Canadian Colleges and Universities.
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Young, Raymond J.; McDougall, William P. – 1985
A study of summer sessions at U.S. and Canadian colleges and universities was conducted in 1985. A stratified random sample of 213 U.S. public and private institutions included research universities, doctoral-granting institutions, and comprehensive colleges and universities; all 10 Canadian institutions were featured in the study. A total of 184…
Descriptors: College Programs, Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation
Vacation Study Abroad. The Learning Traveler, Volume 2. Thirty-Sixth Edition.
Howard, Edrice, Ed. – 1986
A guide to more than 850 study-abroad programs is updated each year to give information about programs that take place during the period from late spring to early fall. About half of the programs, which range from 3 days to 3 months, are sponsored by U.S. colleges and universities, the rest by foreign institutions and private and governmental…
Descriptors: College Programs, Courses, Eligibility, Foreign Countries
Vacation Study Abroad. The Learning Traveler, Vol. 2.
Cohen, Gail A., Ed.; Chasan, Gail A., Ed. – 1984
A guide to vacation study-abroad opportunities is presented. About half the programs are sponsored by U.S. colleges and universities, the rest by foreign institutions and private and governmental groups. The courses, which range from a few days to 3 months in length, are appropriate for various postsecondary and professional levels, and a few…
Descriptors: College Programs, Consortia, Courses, Eligibility