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A Descriptive Study of the College Elementary School Camping Experience of Four Fifth Graders

Abstract

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This study presented a review of the philosophy and history of school camping, the evolution of the outdoor education program at the College Elementary School, and a study of four fifth grade children before, during, and after their first school camping experience. Interviews, observations, written tests, sociograms, examination of records, and standard camp evaluations were utilized.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Education (MEd)
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Education
Year dc:date.available
1961

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Charlton, Betty Anne
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Helen McCabe
  • D. Daryl Basler
  • M. L. Johnson

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
English

Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/286
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-1298

Chain of custody

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Last updated
2026-07-24
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citation

Charlton, Betty Anne. A Descriptive Study of the College Elementary School Camping Experience of Four Fifth Graders. 1961. https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/286