Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 3 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 18 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 40 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 42 |
Descriptor
| Camps | 43 |
| Program Effectiveness | 43 |
| Summer Programs | 41 |
| Student Attitudes | 15 |
| STEM Education | 14 |
| Elementary School Students | 9 |
| Foreign Countries | 8 |
| Low Income Students | 8 |
| Experiential Learning | 7 |
| Females | 7 |
| High School Students | 7 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Author
| Barnes-Rowland, Charlene | 2 |
| Branch, Feon Smith | 2 |
| Branch, Robert | 2 |
| Chester, Ann | 2 |
| Hornbeck, Bethany | 2 |
| Kristjansson, Alfgeir | 2 |
| Kuhn, Summer | 2 |
| Mann, Michael | 2 |
| McKendall, Alan | 2 |
| McKendall, Sherron | 2 |
| Morton, Catherine | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Florida | 3 |
| Texas (Austin) | 3 |
| Turkey | 2 |
| West Virginia | 2 |
| Bermuda | 1 |
| Canada | 1 |
| China | 1 |
| Connecticut (Hartford) | 1 |
| Kansas | 1 |
| Nevada | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Early Head Start | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| ACT Assessment | 1 |
| Interpersonal Reactivity Index | 1 |
| Iowa Tests of Basic Skills | 1 |
| SAT (College Admission Test) | 1 |
| Texas Assessment of Academic… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full textDaniela Ferreira; Louise Lima; Cibelle Toledo; Ariana Cosme – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose: This article presents the results of a pedagogical experiment involving 602 elementary school children from the north of Portugal. Based on the principles of outdoor learning, this experience was carried out in a non-formal education context during the post-pandemic school year - Férias VIVES. The aim of this initiative was to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Summer Programs, Camps, Elementary School Students
Rachael Botting; Jacob Sorenson; Karen K. Melton; Rob Ribbe Jr. – Journal of Youth Development, 2025
As research on summer camp continues to expand and both scholars and practitioners gain a better understanding of the impact of the experience, it has become important to explore how the experience of summer camp is connected to the larger ecology of youth development. This study explores strategies of Christian summer camps for impacting faith in…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Summer Programs, Camps, Christianity
Direct linkRobert P. Lubeznik-Warner; Michael Froehly; Taylor Wycoff; Victoria Povilaitis; Luke Cloward; Shannielle Taylor; Seunghee Moon – Journal of Experiential Education, 2024
Background: Summer camp is an experiential learning setting that supports youth development. Due to high fees, youth from low-income backgrounds often have fewer opportunities to attend. Subsequently, there is little literature about these youth's camp experiences. Purpose: This research examined growth and the characteristics supporting growth in…
Descriptors: Camps, Low Income Groups, Summer Programs, Experiential Learning
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
Herring, Caryn; Millager, Ryan A.; Yaruss, J. Scott – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2022
Purpose: Self-help and support activities are often recommended for people who stutter, and there is growing interest in understanding whether and how such experiences might be beneficial for children who stutter. The purpose of this study was to explore the potential impact of participation in Camp SAY, an overnight support-based summer camp…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Camps, Stuttering, Children
Üçgül, Memet; Altiok, Serhat – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2022
Creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration are thought to be the core skills that will enable students to be successful in the future. Economic and social development of a nation is associated with the individuals' such new skills, which are commonly referred as the twenty-first-century skills. However, the educational methods…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Robotics, 21st Century Skills, Camps
Florence Martin; Doreen Mushi; Siyu Long; Julie Bacak; Drew Polly; Weichao Wang; Lynn Ahlgrim-Delzell – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2024
Digital safety involves protecting oneself, and one's personal information to mitigate the risks that are inherently associated with using digital technologies. This study employed a multi-method design to explore 26 inservice and preservice elementary teacher experiences from attending a professional development on digital safety and facilitating…
Descriptors: Safety, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Summer Programs
Vanessa Gonzalez Hernandez – Office of Assessment, Research, and Data Analysis, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2024
The fundamental goal of the Third Grade Summer Reading Camp program in 2024 was to bolster the reading skills of struggling third grade students and to prepare them to demonstrate mastery of state standards needed to be promoted to the fourth grade. The Office of Program Evaluation undertook an evaluation to gauge whether students who completed…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Summer Programs, Reading, Camps
Meagan Ricks; Jim Sibthorp – Journal of Youth Development, 2023
LGBTQ+, racial/ethnic minorities, youth from low-income contexts, and youth with cognitive and/or physical disabilities often face constraints to access and participation based on social and structural inequality. Understanding access and inclusion in summertime recreation program and camp settings for LGBTQ+, racial/ethnic minorities, individuals…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Camps, LGBTQ People, Minority Group Children
Hicks, Michael D.; Warshauer, Hiroko; Warshauer, Max – High School Journal, 2022
Out-of-school mathematics programs (OSMPs) can be a great benefit for students in STEM. However, little is known about how students perceive the support provided to them by such programs, especially with respect to students of color. In this paper, we draw upon a framework of institutional resource types (Nasir & Cooks, 2009) and performed a…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Summer Programs, Camps, Mathematics Instruction
Tekbiyik, Ahmet; Baran Bulut, Demet; Sandalci, Yalçin – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2022
The present study focuses on the assessment of summer robotics camp designed for 7th grade students who were supposed to work on a STEM-related problem through modeling and design activities. It was exclusively investigated the effects of these activities on the STEM-related career interests and knowledge structures of students. The students were…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Camps, Robotics, Grade 7
Nadelson, Louis S.; Jemison, Racquel C.; Soto, Estefany; Warner, Don L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Project SEED (Summer Experiences for the Economically Disadvantaged) program has been exposing students to chemistry-related research for over half a century. The program was created and designed to recruit and prepare high school students from economically challenged households to explore and build their…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Summer Programs, Camps, High School Students
Vanessa Gonzalez Hernandez – Office of Assessment, Research, and Data Analysis, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2025
This report examines the implementation of Summer 305, an enhanced summer program which operated from June 24 through July 26 during the summer of 2024 at 103 sites in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Twenty-two program offerings were provided to accelerate learning recovery, develop foundational skills, and address social and emotional needs.…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Public Schools, Camps, Elementary Secondary Education
Yinger, Olivia Swedberg; Vasil, Martina; Robinson, Austin S.; Jaspersen, Megan; Eisenbaum, Elaine; Mullis, Lindsey C. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative study was to evaluate a summer music camp, designed using principles of Universal Design for Learning, for children with disabilities. Data included one parent-child group interview, a children's musical self-efficacy rating scale, children's drawings, and children's explanations of their drawings. Participants were…
Descriptors: Music Education, Summer Programs, Camps, Elementary School Students
Kelly C. Margot; Melissa Pierczynski; Kelly Lormand – School-University Partnerships, 2024
Purpose: The paper aims to address the increasing issue of teacher shortages and the lack of diversity in America's educators. Highly diverse communities need ways to support community members interested in careers as teachers. This article explores one promising approach to reach and inspire high school students considering the teaching…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Teaching (Occupation), Diversity, Camps
