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Gowin, Amanda – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2023
This qualitative case study explored the influence that service-learning involvement has on undergraduate college students' cognitive, environmental, and behavioral factors related to nutrition. Utilizing the major constructs of the social cognitive theory, the research questions guided the investigation of how participants in a previously…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Student Behavior, Service Learning, Undergraduate Students
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Mara, Matthew D.; Culler, Corinna; Zea, Ana; Held, Kathleen; Henshaw, Michelle – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2021
Background: Student feedback obtained through traditional end-of-course evaluations may not provide information needed to make substantive adjustment to course curricula. Mid-point student evaluations could potentially provide greater insight for improved teaching and instructional changes. Purpose: This paper describes the use of mid-course…
Descriptors: Dentistry, Graduate Students, Feedback (Response), Service Learning
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Sorbet, Stefanie R.; Graybeal, Lesley – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2021
This qualitative study examines service-learning reflections of 34 preservice teachers enrolled in a senior-level educator preparation course at a public university in the southern United States. Participants reflected on their experiences with an early literacy service-learning project with children in crisis situations. The service-learning…
Descriptors: Empathy, Consciousness Raising, Teacher Education, Social Emotional Learning
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Spector, Barbara S.; Lake, Jeremy; Basham, Amy; Leard, Cyndy – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2020
A service-learning model was used in a science methods course for elementary teachers as the context for integrating key pedagogical strategies necessary to attain current national and state standards. This innovation provided a real-world problem-solving experience and introduced learners to service-learning through personally relevant…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Science Instruction, Methods Courses, Preservice Teacher Education
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Lee, Carole K.; Williams, Patricia Hrusa – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2020
Forty-one pre-service elementary teachers (PSETs) enrolled in a science methods course participated in a service-learning project on energy and sustainability. The goal was to help PSETs and elementary students to understand concepts regarding energy, energy saving, and sustainability through an oncampus Family Energy Day event for 65 elementary…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Elementary School Students, Children, Service Learning
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Maakrun, Julie – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2016
This paper reports on a study aimed at exploring the benefits of an international service-learning experience for teachers employed in a rural primary school in Africa. The primary school, where these teachers are employed was the focal point of an international visit in December 2012 by twenty-four undergraduate primary education students from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Educational Benefits, Rural Schools
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Adams, Clementina E. – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2015
Service-learning projects, especially the ones focused on the community, and on the Hispanic community in particular, need to be based on real felt and documented needs, and the outcomes need to be assessed in order to decide the worth and possible sustainability of the projects. This paper will focus on service-learning samples from my courses,…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Student Attitudes, Hispanic Americans, Outcomes of Education