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Direct linkSimon Priest; Melinda Martin-Tollette; Sanford Tollette – Schools: Studies in Education, 2025
Students in grades 3, 4, and 5 participated in a monthlong experiential program conducted at a residential camp. The children were deemed "at risk" due to one or more of the following concerns: poor academic performance, behavioral issues, and extremely low self-esteem. The program consisted of tutoring in social issues and academic…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4
Mateer, Timothy J.; Taff, B. Derrick; Hunt, Carter A.; Allison, Pete; Will, Ellen – Environmental Education Research, 2021
Most previous research on residential outdoor environmental education (ROEE) programs has focused on the outcomes associated with student participation in these learning experiences. In contrast to these previous studies, this research takes an interpretivist approach to understand how work as a short-term instructor in a ROEE setting may also…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Resident Camp Programs, Identification (Psychology)
Mullenbach, Lauren E.; Andrejewski, Rob G.; Mowen, Andrew J. – Environmental Education Research, 2019
Connecting to nature and spending time outdoors as children have been indicated as predictors of environmentally responsible behavior. This study examined whether a residential outdoor environmental education (ROEE) program contributed to the development of children's connection to nature and their attitudes and involvement in spending time…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Resident Camp Programs, Program Effectiveness
Talebpour, Laleh M.; Busk, Patricia L.; Heimlich, Joe E.; Ardoin, Nicole M. – Environmental Education Research, 2020
Children's connection to nature increasingly is of interest in education, psychology, urban planning, and other related fields. Research findings emphasize the central importance of early connections due to resulting benefits for environmental awareness, knowledge, social-emotional learning, health, and wellbeing. To more clearly conceptualize the…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Resident Camp Programs
Download full textWard, Mary E. – 1976
The study determined whether a residential outdoor education program in Rockford, Illinois provided a long lasting effect on those students who as 5th graders participated in a week long experience in 1963 or 1966. The hypotheses developed were: outdoor educational experiences provide a long lasting effect on those who have had the experience;…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Elementary Education, Followup Studies
Kaplan, Jay Bernard – 1974
Fifth and sixth grade students from the State College Area School District (Pennsylvania) participated in a 5-day resident outdoor education program to investigate the effectiveness of such a program on the development of cognitive learning processes. Students were divided into experimental and control groups of one fifth and one sixth grade class…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Comparative Testing, Data Analysis
