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Hawkins, LouAnne B.; Kaplan, Leslie G. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2016
Recent research has empirically demonstrated that young adults today are different from prior generations in their decreased empathy, increased narcissism, and decreased civic engagement. The formative years of young adulthood are a critical period for the development of civic values and civil ideologies, a time when college-age adults need to…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Refugees, Generational Differences, Honors Curriculum
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Hayford, Barbara; Blomstrom, Sally; Mumpower, Lori – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2015
The purpose of the authors' research was to create a tool to evaluate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) literacy in service-learning projects. The researchers posited that components of service-learning, which in this case included the deliverable and reflections, are examples of fundamental STEM literacy and thus can be…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Literacy, Service Learning, Student Evaluation
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Kovarik, Madeline – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2010
This qualitative research project focused on the impact of service-learning experiences on an interdisciplinary college freshman course. The research included the impact on academic learning, the application of concepts into a public school educational environment, and the perceptions regarding the contribution to the school being served.…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Qualitative Research, Interdisciplinary Approach, College Freshmen