Making the Most of Summer School A Meta-Analytic and Narrative Review

by Cooper, Harris; Charlton, Kelly; Valentine, Jeff C; Muhlenbruck, Laura

• ISBN13: 9780631221524
• ISBN10: 0631221522
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-08
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Summer schools serve multiple purposes for students, families, educators, and communities. The current demand for summer programs is driven by changes in American families and by calls for an educational system that is competitive globally and embodies higher academic standards. This monograph details a research synthesis that uses both meta-analytic and narrative procedures to integrate the results of 93 evaluations of summer schools. These and other findings are then examined for their implications for future research, public policy, and implementation of summer programs.

Author Biography

Harris M. Cooper is professor in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University. He earned his doctorate degree in social psychology from the University of Connecticut. Kelly Charlton is the author of Making the Most of Summer School: A Meta-Analytic and Narrative Review, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Abstract	v
Introduction	1	(17)
Literature Search and Database Construction	18	(9)
Narrative and Vote-Count Synthesis of Comparisons with Only Directional Outcomes	27	(11)
Meta-Analytic Procedures Used on Comparisons with Known Effect Sizes	38	(7)
Meta-Analytic and Narrative Synthesis of Programs for Remediation of Learning Deficiencies	45	(35)
Narrative and Meta-Analytic Synthesis of Programs for Acceleration of Learning	80	(4)
Narrative and Meta-Analytic Synthesis of Programs with Other and Multiple Goals	84	(5)
Discussion	89	(39)
References	110	(8)
Acknowledgments	118	(1)
COMMENTARY
The Effects of Summer School: Questions Answered, Questions Raised	119	(9)
Geoffrey D. Borman
Contributors	128	(2)
Statement of Editorial Policy	130