A pilot study of the perceived long-term benefits of the youth conservation corps

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 3-11

  Driver, B L ^a   Johnson, Lynn A ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 84897628625     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: 19401892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00958964.1984.9942666     Document Type: Article

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2. Johnson, Lynn A., and Driver, B. L. Literature Review of Evaluations of the Benefits of Summer Youth Camps and Outdoor Survival Programs. Unpublished Office Report, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1981.
3. Johnson, Lynn A., and Driver, B. L. Report on a Pilot Study of the Perceived Long-Term Benefits of the Youth Conservation Corps. Unpublished Office Report, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1981. (See Appendix D for a discussion of the tests made for nonresponse bias).
4. Johnson, Lynn A., Shikiar, Richard, Driver, B. L., and Shore, Ted H. “A Research Program for Quantifying the Long-Term Benefits of the Youth Conservation Corps.” In Betty van der Smissen, (Ed.) Symposium on Evaluation Strategy: Assessing Outdoor Program Effectiveness. Penn State HPER Series No. 12, The Pennsylvania State University, 1979, 189-203.
5. Johnson, Jerome, Lingwood, David, Morris, William, and Marans, Robert. An Evaluation of the 1973 Youth Conservation Corps. Ann Arbor: Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, 1974.
6. Marans, Robert W., Driver, B. L., and Scott, John C. Youth and the Environment: An Evaluation of the 1971 Youth Conservation Corps. Ann Arbor: Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, 1972.
7. Nunnally, Jim C. Psychometric Theory. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1978.
8. Rosenthal, Donald, and Driver, B. L. Opinions of 1977 YCC Staff Members about the Environmental Awareness Goals and Objectives of the YCC Program, and on the Long-Term Benefits of Participating in that Program. Unpublished Office Report, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1978.
9. Rosenthal, Donald, and Driver, B. L. Interrelationships between Responses to End-of-Camp Questionnaire, Environmental Awareness Gain Scores, and Camp Characteristics in Federally Operated YCC Camps During 1976 and 1977. Unpublished Office Report, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1979.
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