After-school program engagement: Links to child competence and program quality and content

Author(s): Mahoney, Joseph L.; Parente, Maria E.; Lord, Heather;
Date Issued: March, 2007
Description: A two-year study of variability in after school program-level engagement, and its association with both the social and academic competence of participants, and the process quality and content of programs, based on data from 141 children in 9 after school programs in a disadvantaged city in the United States
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Funder(s): Smith Richardson Foundation ; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.)
Journal Title: Elementary School Journal
Volume Number: 107
Issue Number: 4
Page Range: 385-404
Topics: Parent, School, & Community School Readiness/Child School Success & Performance > School Performance & Success

Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Programs > Out-Of-School Time
Country: United States
ISSN: 1554-8279 Online
0013-5984 Paper
Peer Reviewed: yes
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