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100			_aIver, Martha Abele Mac _934071
245			_a“STEMming” the Swell of Absenteeism in the Middle Years: Impacts of an Urban District Summer Robotics Program
300			_aVol 54, Issue 1, 2019 ( 65-88 p. )
520			_aThis article reports findings from a quasi-experimental study of the impact of a summer robotics program for urban middle-grade students. The study focuses on student engagement, measured by school attendance rate the year following the program. Program students, who were nearly all low-income minority students, were matched to comparison students who did not attend summer school. After establishing baseline equivalence in attendance between the groups, the study found a statistically and educationally significant program effect on school attendance the following year, suggesting that high-interest hands-on educational activities can help maintain student engagement in school.
650			_amiddle school, _934073
650			_aattendance, _934046
650			_aengagement _934074
700			_aIver, Douglas J. Mac _934072
773	0		_010959 _915474 _dSage, 2019. _tUrban education
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0042085915618712
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