Using new information technologies in the creation of sustainable afterschool literacy activities: Evaluation of cognitive outcomes

Author(s): Mayer, Richard E.; Blanton, William; Duran, Richard; Schustack, Miriam W.;
Date Issued: 1999
Publisher(s): University of California, Santa Barbara. Department of Psychology
Description: An independent evaluation of the cognitive consequences of children's participation in the Fifth Dimension program, an informal afterschool computer club emphasizing literacy activities in 3 locations in the United States
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Funder(s): Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Source: University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Psychology. Retrieved October 4, 2005, from http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/%7emayer/fifth_dim_website/PDF_files/final_report.pdf
Topics: Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Programs > Out-Of-School Time
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