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Peer reviewedUnkovic, Charles M.; And Others – Adolescence, 1978
This report on the Michigan Youth Services Boys Camping Program suggests substantial attitudinal and behavioral improvement for all groups of participants: achievers, predelinquents, expelled/suspended, and delinquent wards of the court. Some suggestions are included for those attempting to evaluate the effectiveness of youth programs. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Delinquency, Evaluation Methods, Heterogeneous Grouping
Download full textWoolfolk, Mansfield – 1971
An evaluation of the Detroit Board of Education's 4-session 2-week Outdoor Education and School Camping Program for the summer of 1971, this report examines the 2 camps that served approximately 1400 campers from public schools. Children were assigned 10 to a cabin, and each child was guided and counseled by a cabin counselor. The camp program…
Descriptors: Camping, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth, Outdoor Education
Griffin, William H. – 1981
A 1979 external evaluation of the Eckerd Wilderness Educational System (a series of 9 residential, therapeutic camps for disturbed youth in 3 eastern states) drew data from 3 sources: records of the first 1,385 youth entered into the camps from 1968 through November 1979, test results from the most recent 157 clients who completed both entry and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Emotional Disturbances, Milieu Therapy
van der Smissen, Betty, Comp. – 1976
Attended by 250 persons, the workshop was directed toward assessing participant outcomes of resident outdoor experiences, effectiveness of camping and environmental education programs, and leadership strategies related to quality outdoor experiences. Its keynote theme was "The Dynamics of Research". Focus was on the utilization of research and the…
Descriptors: Behavior, Bibliographies, Camping, Conference Reports
Henderson, Karla A., Comp.; Bialeschki, M. Deborah, Comp. – 1984
Twenty abstracts represent papers on: an agenda for camping research, use of alternative learning environments in an outdoor setting for emotionally disturbed children and youth, effects of specialized camping program on coronary heart disease risk factors in children, efficacy of physical activity programs for overweight pre-adults at specialized…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adventure Education, Anxiety, Autism
Charleston, G. Mike – 1987
This report presented results of longitudinal evaluation of Indian Youth Leadership Conference summer camps which provide 8- to 10-day sessions of physical activities and action-oriented problem-solving situations for male and female junior high aged Indian students aimed at developing skills and motivation. The evaluation provided information…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Camping
