{"id":119,"date":"2019-04-16T02:36:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T02:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2019-04-21T23:26:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T23:26:57","slug":"stage-2-after-school-and-summer-camps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/index.php\/history-stories-and-evolution\/stage-2-after-school-and-summer-camps\/","title":{"rendered":"2. After School Programs, Summer Camps and Science Festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_2612-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143\" width=\"502\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_2612-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_2612-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_2612-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After school programs and summer camps help children to learn by playing. They meet new friends and within group the teamwork spirit is developed. They improve their spatial skills, self-confidence, power of argumentation, problem solving and problem posing abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initial activities of these type are described in the research paper: <br><strong>An educational resource for spatial intuition<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/poster5.pdf\">http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/poster5.pdf<\/a><br><br><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>The paper investigates the use of a 3D modular paper game within educational programs. The experiment involved students in grades 5 to 9, engaged in a guided play workshop, during a summer camp, in 2012, Romania. We report the conclusions on the use of this educational resource regarding its effectiveness in enhancing creativity and spatial intuition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Research Gate, this paper has 253 reads as of April 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fractal-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-180\" width=\"497\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fractal-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fractal-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fractal-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fractal.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Testimonials<\/strong><br>In February 2017, twenty-five sixth grade students (age: 10 ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After school programs and summer camps help children to learn by playing. They meet new friends and within group the teamwork spirit is developed. They improve their spatial skills, self-confidence, power of argumentation, problem solving and problem posing abilities. The initial activities of these type are described in the research paper: An educational resource for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":123,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210,"href":"http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions\/210"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/x-colony.com\/xcolony\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}