| Session Title: Tools to Measure Youth Camping Outcomes |
| Demonstration Session 650 to be held in Centennial Section G on Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM |
| Sponsored by the Extension Education Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Allison Nichols, West Virginia University, ahnichols@mail.wvu.edu |
| Niki Nestor McNeely, The Ohio State Extension, mcneely.1@osu.edu |
| Jill Martz, University of Montana Extension, jmartz@montana.edu |
| Sarah Baughman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, baughman@vt.edu |
| Abstract: For the past four years, with funding and support from the Army Youth Camping Project and Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES), a group of Cooperative Extension professionals formed the National 4-H Camping Research Consortium (NCRC) and developed evaluation tools that are designed to measure the context of the camping experience as it relates to the essential elements of youth development and life-skill development. This demonstration session will give participants an opportunity to examine three logic models and two questionnaires in relationship to their usefulness for collecting outcome data at camps. Attendees will be given an opportunity to give feedback and suggestions for further projects to NCRC members. |