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Direct linkCandace Lapan; Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman; Eileen G. Merritt – Applied Developmental Science, 2024
The current study examined Connect Science, a service-learning program that incorporates social and emotional learning lessons and science lessons developed around Next Generation Science Standards. Guided by Self-Determination Theory, focus groups with 8 Connect Science classrooms and 8 control classrooms investigated fourth graders' experience…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Social Emotional Learning, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Download full textMerritt, Eileen; Harkins, Tracy; Rimm-Kaufman, Sara – Grantee Submission, 2021
Student agency is a critical feature of impactful service-learning programs. In this article, we describe lessons learned from a study of Connect Science, and environmental service-learning curriculum and teacher professional development program. We present five ways to amplify student voices in service-learning. Examples from teachers that we…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Elementary School Students, Environmental Education, Service Learning
Sun, Xiaoyan; Siu, Angela F. Y.; Fong, Shuk Yi; Chu, Tina S. F. – Education 3-13, 2023
This study looked into the experience of a group of elementary school students as well as their parents from Hong Kong, in a service-learning programme that aimed at facilitating the social-emotional development among gifted students. A total of 51 students and 72 parents participated in the focus group interview three months after the…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Service Learning, Academically Gifted, Foreign Countries
Candace Lapan; Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman; Eileen G. Merritt – Grantee Submission, 2024
The current study examined Connect Science, a service-learning program which incorporates social and emotional learning lessons and science lessons developed around Next Generation Science Standards. Guided by Self-Determination Theory, focus groups with 8 Connect Science classrooms and 8 control classrooms investigated fourth graders' experience…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Personal Autonomy
Donna M. Ploessl; William Hooper IV; Catherine G. Raulston – Journal of Special Education Preparation, 2022
During semester-long courses in inclusive methods and beginning reading instruction, pre-service teacher candidates participate in weekly tutoring sessions with elementary students in grades K-5. We outline principles identified for effective service-learning and describe how to embed them to integrate community service. We discuss…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Service Learning, Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
Eileen G. Merritt; Andrea E. Weinberg; Candace Lapan; Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman – Grantee Submission, 2024
Energy concepts are taught in many schools, but children rarely have an opportunity to grapple with energy problems and work on their own solutions. This study explores the impacts of Connect Science, a service-learning (SL) program developed to enhance elementary students' energy literacy in the United States. Program impacts were explored within…
Descriptors: Science Education, Service Learning, Energy, Scientific Concepts
