Summertime: Confronting Risks, Exploring Solutions New Directions for Youth Development, Number 114

Name: Summertime: Confronting Risks, Exploring Solutions New Directions for Youth Development, Number 114
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ISBN: 9780470182376

ISBN-10: 0470182377

ISBN-13: 9780470182376

Edition: 2007

Authors: Ron Fairchild, Gil G. Noam, Gil G. Noam

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This issue explores the impact of the summer when the regular school year ends and public support for children declines, on young people. On average, students achievement test scores are about one month lower when they return to school on the fall than when they left in the spring, according to a research synthesis. This decline in knowledge, known as summer learning loss, is typically more pronounced for math than for reading. Contributors to this issue examine the research on potential risks youth face during the summer, such as regressing on measures of knowledge and health. Communities across the country can learn from promising and innovative practices for what has been one of the…

Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/3/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 136
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Gil G. Noam is Director of the Hall-Mercer Laboratory of Developmental Psychology and Developmental Psychopathology at Harvard Medical School.



Editors' Notes



Executive Summary



Summer learning and its implications: Insights from the Beginning School Study




Childhood body mass index gain during the summer versus during the school year




Characteristics of effective summer learning programs in practice




Summer programming in rural communities: Unique challenges




Collaboration: Leveraging resources and expertise




Summer library reading programs




Using evaluation to improve program quality based on the BELL model




Finding the resources for summer learning programs



Index