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Student Learning through Service Learning: Effects on Academic Development, Civic Responsibility, Interpersonal Skills and Practical Skills
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Hébert, Ali; Hauf, Petra – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2015
Although anecdotal evidence and research alike espouse the benefits of service learning, some researchers have suggested that more rigorous testing is required in order to determine its true effect on students. This is particularly true in the case of academic development, which has been inconsistently linked to service learning. It has been…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Student Development, Citizenship Responsibility, Interpersonal Competence
Building Recovery Capital in Recovering Substance Abusers through a Service-Learning Partnership: A Qualitative Evaluation of a Communication Skills Training Program
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Terrion, Jenepher Lennox – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2014
Given the importance of communication skills and positive relationships to addiction recovery, a series of communication skills workshops for residents of a long-term drug and alcohol residential treatment centre was designed and delivered by students in an undergraduate communication class within the university's Community Service Learning…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Communication Skills, Addictive Behavior, Workshops
Investigating a Peer-to-Peer Community Service Learning Model for LIS Education
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O'Brien, Heather L.; Freund, Luanne; Jantzi, Leanna; Sinanan, Samantha – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2014
This research explores the professionalization of Library and Information Science (LIS) students who participated in a peer-tutoring service, "Research Rescue." Research Rescue was a collaboration of the Chapman Learning Commons and the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) at the University of British Columbia. The…
Descriptors: Investigations, Service Learning, Models, Information Science Education
Healthy Relationships and Building Developmental Assets in Middle School Students
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Carlisle, Mariko – Canadian Journal of Education, 2011
This action research project was designed to have the majority of middle school students engage in healthy relationships with their peers and teachers as the data suggested the need for improved interactions with others. Students contributed to team building lessons; implemented school community service learning projects; participated in an…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Mentors, Action Research, Service Learning