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Waltz, Scott B. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2019
The aim of my study was: (a) to measure the effectiveness of a supporting tutor-training curriculum and content knowledge gains for preservice teachers engaged in service learning and (b) to determine whether tutor training and field experience improved the preservice teachers' teaching self-efficacy beliefs. One hundred and thirteen…
Descriptors: Tutors, Tutor Training, Service Learning, Self Efficacy
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Lee, Jihyun; Chang, Seung Ho; Haegele, Justin A. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2020
Background: Service-learning has been used in adapted physical activity and education (APA/E) courses in kinesiology. However, evidence has been lacking to clarify the need for utilizing service-learning in APA/E courses as an avenue to change attitudes of students. Purpose: This study aimed to compare two APA/E courses, one with service-learning…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Student Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Adapted Physical Education
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Miller, Kari Knutson; Gonzalez, Amber M. – Issues in Educational Research, 2010
This paper examines pre-service teacher outcomes associated with service learning in domestic and international settings. Participants included upper-division, undergraduate-level pre-service teachers who participated in service learning experiences in either local, domestic settings (Orange County, CA) or international settings (Shanghai and…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Learning Experience
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Hoffman, August John; Wallach, Julie; Sanchez, Eduardo; Afkhami, Hasti – Community College Enterprise, 2009
The current study sought to determine if community based gardening projects would reduce perceptions of the need to use communication devices--cell phones or text messaging--and increase the likelihood of participating in future volunteer projects. Results strongly support the predictions in that the experimental group post-test mean score of the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Interpersonal Communication, Service Learning
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Hoffman, August; Wallach, Julie – Community College Enterprise, 2007
The purpose of the current study is to explore the effects of community service work and community involvement on perceptions of self-entitlement--expectations of others to do things for oneself--among undergraduate students. Over the course of a 16-week semester, 26 randomly selected subjects (20 community college psychology students and six…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Undergraduate Students, Community Involvement, Service Learning