Exploring the summer slide in the Netherlands

Broekman, F.; Smeets, Roger; Bouwers, Eric; Piotrowski, Jessica Taylor

doi:10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101746

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“…Other research has also confirmed the learning loss during summer vacation (Alexander et al, 2001;Entwistle & Alexander, 1992;Lynch & Kim, 2017), which can disturb the daily rhythm of learning of students, and lead to a possible loss in knowledge and skills, particularly in mathematics (Allinder et al, 1992;Cooper et al, 1996). Research has overwhelmingly found that summer learning loss in mathematics is always higher than reading and writing (Alexander et al, 2001;Broekman et al, 2021;Gershenson & Hayes, 2013). During the summer vacation, students suffer from learning loss especially in mathematics skills (Cooper, 2003;Wintre, 1986).…”

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“…In recent years, the interest in learning loss of students in summer vacation has taken considerable attention across the world (Broekman et al, 2021), especially due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic (Daniel, 2020;Kaffenberger, 2021). Since the 1970s, many studies have explored the effects of summer vacation on learning loss (Borman et al, 2005), and they have showed that summer vacation may disrupt the daily learning rhythm (Cooper et al, 1996), which may eventually lead to a possible loss in knowledge and skills in schooling (Alexander et al, 2012).…”

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Effect of Summer Vacation on Learning Loss in Mathematics: A Meta-Analysis of the Findings

Baş

2023

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The purpose of the present study was to perform a meta-analysis to draw conclusions about the effect of summer vacation on learning loss of students in mathematics, and also to identify potential moderators of its effects based on the examination of research literature over the past twenty-five years. The research performed meta-analysis model to examine the effect of summer vacation on learning loss in mathematics. Based on the inclusion criteria, eight independent studies were taken into consideration in the research. To explore possible differential effects on the outcome measure, six moderators were extracted from the included studies. The research indicated that summer vacation influences students negatively, resulting in learning loss in mathematics. Also, the research found no significant effect within sub-group variation in terms of year of publication, publication type, setting, and sample size, but not the instructional level and country.

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Effect of Summer Vacation on Learning Loss in Mathematics: A Meta-Analysis of the Findings

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2023

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“…As a result, the start date was pushed back to the summer of 2021. While this is historically the time of the ‘summer slide’ (i.e., there is a drop in academic performance over the summer holidays; Broakman et al, 2021 ) we aimed to attract more parents hoping they might simply have more availability at this time. In the end, the parents of 10 children consented to participate in this research (which had institutional research ethics board approval).…”

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Reading to Dogs at Home: A Pilot Study

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et al. 2023

Early Childhood Educ J

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In summer 2021, during the coronavirus pandemic, 8 parent-child dyads were recruited to participate in a pilot project to investigate the potential benefit of an at-home adaptation of an Animal-Assisted Intervention (AAI) for literacy. After completing a demographic survey and the Perceived Stress Scale-10 (Cohen et al., 1983), children’s reading level was established using the Fry method and past report card information. Parents were given access to an online levelled-reader e-book provider along with written instructions and video training. Parent-child dyads engaged in the at-home AAI literacy support for 6-weeks during which time children’s reading level was tracked online. Parental stress was assessed again upon completion. Findings indicate that reading level increased in 6 out of 8 cases, although not significantly. Parental stress, however, increased significantly from the start to end of the project. This descriptive pilot project discusses the potential and pitfalls of an at-home AAI literacy intervention.

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Gaming in Libraries

Karle

2025

Encyclopedia of Libraries, Librarianship, and Information Science

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Exploring the summer slide in the Netherlands

Cited by 6 publications

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Effect of Summer Vacation on Learning Loss in Mathematics: A Meta-Analysis of the Findings

Effect of Summer Vacation on Learning Loss in Mathematics: A Meta-Analysis of the Findings

Reading to Dogs at Home: A Pilot Study

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