More than a Babysitter: Looking Back on an Effective Summer Enrichment Program

Autor/inn/en	Morton, Benterah C.; Byrd, Kelly O.; Allison, Elizabeth; Green, André M.
Titel	More than a Babysitter: Looking Back on an Effective Summer Enrichment Program
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Education, 22 (2021) 3, (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Morton, Benterah C.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Summer Programs; Enrichment Activities; Achievement Gap; Academic Achievement; Academic Standards; Elementary School Students; Program Evaluation; Program Effectiveness; Knowledge Level; Partnerships in Education; Low Income Students; Student Diversity; State Standards; Outcomes of Education; Program Design + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sommerkurs; Bereicherungsprogramm; Schulleistung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Wissensbasis; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Programme design; Programmaufbau; Programmplanung
Abstract	Each summer families across the globe send their children to summer camps and daycares for what amounts to babysitting. This study takes the discussion beyond babysitting and explores a unique summer enrichment program offered to rising second through fifth grade students in a modified enrichment camp model. During the four-week program, students were engaged in standards-based academic instruction in reading, mathematics, and science designed to provide enrichment activities to better prepare them for academic success in the upcoming year. Students were pre-tested over standards from the first quarter of the upcoming year. Then, they were taught the standards and post-tested. Analysis of the pretest and posttest data suggests that the program was successful in increasing students' content knowledge in each of the subject areas taught. The findings imply that summer programs intentionally offering standards-based academics in an enrichment camp environment can be used to provide learning opportunities that diminish academic opportunity gaps. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Arizona State University, Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate School of Education. Deans Office, P.O. Box 870211 Payne 108, Tempe, AZ 85287. Tel: 480-965-3306; Fax: 480-965-6231; e-mail: cie@asu.edu; Web site: https://cie.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/cieatasu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01