After-school programs for adolescents: A review of evaluation research.

During the last ten years, an infusion of private foundation and government funding markedly increased the number of after-school programs targeting adolescents. This review focuses on the quality of after-school program evaluation research. Numerous evaluations of after-school programs exist, but...

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Publicado en:Adolescence Vol. 44; no. 173; pp. 1 - 20
Autor principal: Apsler, Robert
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Libra Publishers Inc. Spring2009
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