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Date: 03/01/2016
Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
The U.S. government’s Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans suggest that children should engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity for 60 minutes per day (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [U.S. DHHS], 2008). However, recent data indicate that children in the U.S. are not accumulating enough physical activity (Centers for ... »
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Date: 03/01/2016
Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
One day, as I was working with a student after school on a problem involving division with decimals, I told him which number goes in the “division house.” Suddenly the student blurted out, “That is not what my teacher told me, and I hate math!” I knew I had not yet found the key to helping this student. Was I addressing how he felt about math? ... »
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Date: 03/01/2016
Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
Young adulthood, typically defined as between the ages of 18 and 25, is a critical period of growth during which young people acquire the education and training that serve as the basis for their later occupations and income (Arnett, 2000). The successful transition from adolescence to early adulthood requires youth to have the skills and resources ... »
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Date: 03/01/2016
Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
“The activity where we collected organisms was a good influence ’cause I could see myself as a scientist. I got to do the actual thing.” These words from Celeste, a girl who participated in the Coastal Ecology program at the Chincoteague Bay Field Station on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, are not unique. Other girls who participated in the program ... »
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Date: 09/01/2015
Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
Across the country, school administrators and educators struggle to find time for children to engage in physical activity while still giving them enough time in academic instruction. The steep rise in childhood obesity in the U.S. (National Center for Health Statistics, 2011; Ogden, Carroll, Kit, & Flegal, 2014) suggests that the concern is ... »
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Date: 09/01/2015
Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
Afterschool continues to be promoted as a complementary setting to school for strengthening science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education (for example, Krishnamurthi, Bevan, Rinehart, & Coulon, 2013). This is a reasonable idea: 10.2 million children and youth in the U.S. participate in structured afterschool programs (Afterschool ... »
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Date: 09/01/2015
Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
Adult-youth relationships built on mutual respect and empathy may be key to building better futures for low-income boys of color. ... »
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Date: 09/01/2015
Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
Design thinking, a studio design, and badges replace lectures, classrooms, and paper-and-pencil tests in an innovative STEM summer camp. ... »
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Date: 09/01/2015
Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
Most communities have afterschool programs that give school-aged students a safe place to go after the dismissal bell rings. The next step after simply providing a safe haven is to create a nurturing environment that develops young people’s talents and supports their needs. A formal mentoring program can help to achieve this goal. ... »
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Date: 09/01/2015
Resource Category: Peer-reviewed article
The process of building a youth council illustrates the principles of action research and civic youth work in action. ... »
Date: 03/01/2016Resource Category: Peer-reviewed articleThe U.S. government’s Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans suggest that children should engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity for 60 minutes per day (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [U.S. DHHS], 2008). However, recent data indicate that children in the U.S. are not accumulating enough physical activity (Centers for ... »