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Jung, Sol Bee; Shelton, Amy Lynne – Gifted Child Today, 2023
This study sought student voices to examine the key characteristics of an out-of-school learning experience, designed to provide enrichment to students with above grade level academic talent. Using open-ended questions on a program evaluation survey, the study gauged the perceptions of 205 students who partook in a university-based academic summer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Summer Programs, Advanced Courses, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
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Petropoulos, M.; Leisos, A.; Tsirigotis, A. G. – Physics Education, 2020
The Physics Laboratory of the Hellenic Open University has constructed a small scale and low cost air shower detector suitable for operation inside the classroom or school laboratory ([mu]Cosmics detector). In this work we present some of the educational activities foreseen with the [mu]Cosmics air shower detector, as well as the assessment of a…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, High School Students, Secondary School Science
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Koutsoukis, Nikitas-Spiros; Fakiolas, Efstathios; Katsis, Athanassios; Papadimitriou, Pyrros – Policy Futures in Education, 2022
The purpose of this article is to describe a multidisciplinary approach implemented in teaching public policy analysis at university level. The approach fuses (a) contextual policy analysis with (b) bivariate and multivariate analysis techniques and (c) data analytics skills to improve the learners' competence to conduct "decisional"…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Policy Analysis, Teaching Methods, Public Policy
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Papaioannou, Christina; Evaggelinou, Christina – International Journal of Special Education, 2014
The aim of the present study was to examine the impact of a specific Disability Camp Program (DCP) in the attitudes of children without disabilities toward the inclusion of children with disabilities in a summer sport and leisure activity camp. Three hundred eighty-seven campers without disabilities participated in the study and were divided into…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Summer Programs, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Children
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Liarakou, Georgia; Kostelou, Eleni; Gavrilakis, Costas – Environmental Education Research, 2011
The aim of the present study was to investigate the factors that influence volunteers to become involved in environmental action. The research focused on volunteers undertaking action in summer camps organised by an environmental non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Greece. The results suggest that the environmental issues addressed in volunteer…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Environmental Education, Nongovernmental Organizations, Foreign Countries
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Barkoukis, Vassilis; Thogersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie; Ntoumanis, Nikos; Nikitaras, Nikitas – European Physical Education Review, 2007
The aim of the present study was to investigate the differential relationships between five dimensions of motivational climate and achievement goals, as the latter have been conceptualized by the revised achievement goal theory. Adolescents (N = 336, M age = 13.45 years, SD = 1.04) participating in a summer camp in southern Greece took part in the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Achievement Need, Measures (Individuals), Program Effectiveness
Student Lawyer, 1981
A list of 27 summer law programs abroad sponsored by American universities includes information on foreign program sponsors, location, language of instruction, dates, courses and credits available, openings, admission requirements and contact person, costs, and available living accommodations. (Journal availability: 1155 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Housing, Credit Courses, Foreign Countries
Crunkilton, John R.; And Others – 1987
A questionnaire was sent to 161 international graduate students studying agricultural education/extension in the United States to identify implications for the International Training Program at the American Farm School near Thessaloniki, Greece, and to assess the students' degree of interest in attending the Farm School's Training Program.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Curriculum Development, Extension Education