NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
ERIC Number: ED173060
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1978
Pages: 27
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Final Quantitative Evaluation for 1972-73 Year II.
Fersch, Ellsworth; Smith, Mary
High school sophomores participating in the second year of Project Adventure, an educational program expanded to include community service, experiential learning, and a rigorous physical education program, showed improvements in physical abililty and self-concept consistent with improvements shown by students in the program's first year. Quantitative evaluation of the physical education component involved administration of six pre- and post-tests to 231 tenth grade students at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School in Massachusetts. One instrument was discarded and one revised. The other four were the same tests used the previous year. As in the first year, both sexes demonstrated improved physical ability and girls showed a significant improvement in self-concept. The favorable response of girls to the outdoor physical education program seemed to influence their self perceptions directly. Boys became more active in class discussions, as had the girls the year before. Boys' and girls' concepts of the school climate improved. Qualitative evaluation (community response, parental opinion, student comment) was also positive. Data from the third year is needed to assess the project's contribution to the school as a whole. Availability of project materials is noted on the cover sheet. (SB)
Project Adventure, Box 157, Hamilton, Massachusetts 01936 ($.50)
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. Div. of Compensatory Education.
Authoring Institution: Project Adventure, Hamilton, MA.
Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Rotter Internal External Locus of Control Scale; Tennessee Self Concept Scale
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A