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来源

URBAN EDUCATION,Vol.54,Issue1,P.65-88

语言

英文

关键字

middle school; attendance; engagement; STUDENT ENGAGEMENT; SCHOOL; ELEMENTARY; FAMILY; INTERVENTION; ATTENDANCE; OUTCOMES; SCIENCE; GRADES; RISK

作者单位

[Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Mac Iver, Douglas J.] Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Educ, 2701 N Charles Suite 300, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA. Mac Iver, MA (reprint author), Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Educ, 2701 N Charles Suite 300, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA. E-Mail: mmaciver@jhu.edu

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.