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作者

Martha Abele Mac Iver Douglas J. Mac Iver

来源

URBAN EDUCATION,Vol.54,Issue1,P.65–88

语言

英文

关键字

middle school, attendance, engagement

作者单位

1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

摘要

This article reports findings from a quasi-experimental study of the impact of a summer robotics program for urban middle-grade students. The study focuses on student engagement, measured by school attendance rate the year following the program. Program students, who were nearly all low-income minority students, were matched to comparison students who did not attend summer school. After establishing baseline equivalence in attendance between the groups, the study found a statistically and educationally significant program effect on school attendance the following year, suggesting that high-interest hands-on educational activities can help maintain student engagement in school.