This study evaluated the effectiveness of Camp Invention, a hands-on creativity and science day camp run in partnership with about 400 schools nationwide. A survey of 17,526 campers, parents, and staff supported the positive impact of Camp Invention for both boys and girls, in urban and suburban settings, and on attitudes towards creativity,…

Tested the effectiveness of a community-based intervention designed to promote physical activity among rural fifth graders. Data on students who participated in after-school and summer programs and home, school, and community interventions indicated that the after-school and summer interventions were implemented as planned, but the home, school,…

Describes how early literacy practices were extended to accelerate the literacy progress of at-risk third- through sixth-grade students through a summer school model and an intersession model for year-round schools. Concludes that both models produced impressive gains in reading achievement, with the year-round intersession model producing the…

Presents an approach to remedying the technological turbulence that both k-12 and university faculty face. Describes the Electronic Communication Across the Curriculum Summer Workshop. Offers this workshop as a model approach for other workshop developers, for those interested in educational partnerships, and for those committed to professional…

Presents an analysis of collaboration in a community center's summer literacy tutoring program for 6-8-year-old children, the majority of whom were Puerto Rican, Spanish-English bilinguals. Notes that the goal of the program was to increase the children's motivation to read through engaging literacy activities with high quality, culturally…

Describes decline in youth fitness, emphasizing role of camping programs in youth fitness education. Describes Michigan camp's fitness program, consisting of daily workouts, fitness education, and record keeping. Describes fitness consultants' role in program. Discusses program's highlights and problems, suggesting changes for future use. Shows…

The article recounts development and implementation of a 6-week summer enrichment program for 16 inner city gifted high school students held at an independent suburban college preparatory school. The program also provided scholarship help, enabling 1 inner-city student to attend the school full time. (DB)

A Skills Reinforcement Project for 46 sixth grade students (many of whom were Black and Hispanic) not quite qualifying for the local (Pasadena, California) gifted program provided Saturday classes and a 2-week summer residential program. Significant gains were made in mathematics (but not reading) achievement resulting in increased program…

Project CAVES (Creative Adventures and Valuable Experiences through Spelunking) is a summer residential program for gifted high-school students, involving lectures, surveying and mapping simulated caves, and exploring and surveying actual caves in Arkansas. The project's development and learning activities are described. (JDD)

Analysis of the process used by a faculty-student committee to choose medical student summer researchers (N=82) over two years looked at project findings in comparison with findings of other-funded projects by rejected applicants and with the original proposals. The soundness of the review process was supported. (MSE)

Describes the procedures followed by Louisiana public libraries in establishing and operating that state's award winning summer reading program. The cooperative efforts of the state library, state library association, and committees of public librarians are discussed, as is the incorporation of performing artists funded by grants from the state's…

Describes a summer job placement program which recruits, trains, and counsels minority youth with the goal of helping them find and maintain meaningful employment. (PCB)

Space Academy is a three-week theme study summer camp for grade one-eight students. Science, humanities, fine arts, and physical activities are intertwined. Physical activities integrate movement skills, fitness development and concepts, and social and emotional skills into the camp's theme. (IAH)

Offers guidance for selecting the right summer course or workshop to help music teachers develop new skills and renew energy and creativity. Explains the difference between courses and workshops. Presents an overview of the types of programs offered by universities, state and professional organizations, and publishers or manufacturers. (LS)

The study found that college students with learning disabilities given a remedial summer reading program using the Orton-Gillingham multisensory alphabetic phonetic approach achieved statistically significant gains when compared to groups receiving a nonphonetic intervention or receiving no intervention. (Author/DB)