Designing and Evaluating Summer Camps: Further Reading

There are several articles on the subject of summer camps in a variety of journals. For example, Kong, Dabney, and Tai examine the relationship between students’ participation in science summer camps and their career interest in science and engineering across 5 states and include 1,580 students. Suggestions for further reading follow.

Ahrenkiel, L., & Worm-Leonhard, M. (2014). Offering a forensic science camp to introduce and engage high school students in interdisciplinary science topics. Journal of Chemical Education, 91(3), 340–344. https://doi.org/10.1021/ed400321a

Bhattacharyya, S., Mead, T. P., & Nathaniel, R. (2011). The influence of science summer camp on African-American high school students’ career choices. School Science and Mathematics, 111(7), 345–353. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1949-8594.2011.00097.x

Dalgleish, H. S., & Veitch-Michaelis, J. L. (2019). Assessing the influence of one astronomy camp over 50 years. Nature Astronomy, 3(12), 1043–1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0965-y

Gagnon, R. J., & Sandoval, A. (2020a). Pre-college stem camps as developmental context: Mediational relations between gender, career decidedness, socioemotional development, and engagement. Children and Youth Services Review, 108, 104584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104584

Gagnon, R. J., & Sandoval, A. (2020b). Pre-college stem camps as developmental context: Mediational relations between gender, career decidedness, socioemotional development, and engagement. Children and Youth Services Review, 108, 104584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104584

Ghadiri Khanaposhtani, M., Liu, C. J., Gottesman, B. L., Shepardson, D., & Pijanowski, B. (2018). Evidence that an informal environmental summer camp can contribute to the construction of the conceptual understanding and situational interest of STEM in middle-school youth. International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 8(3), 227–249. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2018.1451665

Griffin, K. R., Glasscock, S. N., Schwertner, T. W., Atchley, W., & Tarpley, R. S. (2016). Wildlife conservation camp: An Education and recruitment pathway for high school students? Wildlife Society Bulletin, 40(4), 643–653. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.710

Houser, C., Garcia, S., & Torres, J. (2015). Effectiveness of Geosciences Exploration Summer Program (GEOX) for increasing awareness and knowledge of Geosciences. Journal of Geoscience Education, 63(2), 116–126. https://doi.org/10.5408/14-016.1

Ivánková, P., Halakova, Z., & Čolláková, D. (2022). The influence of a science camp experience on pupils motivating to study Natural Sciences. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 18(3), em2084. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11709 

Kaplan-Sayı, A. (2017). Students’ views about enriched summer camp for high school students. EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(11). https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/79042

Kataržytė, M., Hille, S., & Terlecka, R. (2017). Promoting marine science: International science camp as a platform. Marine Policy, 84, 76–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.07.003

Leblebicioglu, G., Abik, N. M., Capkinoglu, E., Metin, D., Dogan, E. E., Cetin, P. S., & Schwartz, R. (2017). Science camps for introducing nature of scientific inquiry through student inquiries in nature: Two applications with Retention Study. Research in Science Education, 49(5), 1231–1255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-017-9652-0

Leblebicioglu, G., Metin, D., Capkinoglu, E., Cetin, P. S., Eroglu Dogan, E., & Schwartz, R. (2017). Changes in students’ views about nature of scientific inquiry at a science camp. Science & Education, 26(7–9), 889–917. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-017-9941-z

Leonard, J., Chamberlin, S. A., Johnson, J. B., & Verma, G. (2016). Social Justice, place, and Equitable Science Education: Broadening Urban Students’ opportunities to learn. The Urban Review, 48(3), 355–379. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-016-0358-9

Schwarz, G., Frenzel, W., Richter, W. M., Täuscher, L., & Kubsch, G. (2015). A multidisciplinary science summer camp for students with emphasis on environmental and analytical chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education, 93(4), 626–632. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00211

Scott, C. M. (2013). The use of photo elicitation interviews in summer science programs to determine children’s perceptions of being a scientist. International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 4(2), 147–171. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2013.789148

Smith-Palmer, T., Schnepf, S., Sherman, A., Sullenger, K. S., & Macdonald, L. (2015). An exploration of summer science camps as an informal learning environment. New Ground, 67–91. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-022-2_4

Stewart, B. L., Schroeder, S., Goodson, C., Miertschin, S., & Chakraborty, M. (2021). Fashion content triggers STEM discovery via coding camps for middle school girls. Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences, 113(3), 61–70. https://doi.org/10.14307/jfcs113.3.61

Yanowitz, K. L. (2016). Students’ perceptions of the long-term impact of attending a “Csi science camp.” Journal of Science Education and Technology, 25(6), 916–928. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-016-9635-3