Email this article Planting the Seed: An Evaluation of a Community Youth Summit
Abstract
Meaningful youth engagement produces benefits both to youth and to the community in which they live. This paper discusses a day-long youth summit held for 289 middle school students. Youth attended a combination of mass and break-out sessions based on America’s Promise Five Promises. Planners and evaluators assessed proximal student outcomes throughout the day. A two question visual analog scale was developed and utilized to assess students’ perceptions of learning and enjoyment.
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PDFDOI: https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2010.212
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