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Dorfman, Lorraine T.; Murty, Susan A.; Ingram, Jerry G.; Evans, Ronnie J.; Power, James R. – Educational Gerontology, 2004
Service-learning evaluation rarely compares different cohorts of students, so it is difficult to determine whether the findings are reliable. This study compared attitudinal change in five successive cohorts of intergenerational service-learning students (n=59) enrolled in an introductory gerontology course at a major Midwestern university.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Gerontology, Content Analysis, Student Attitudes
Shumer, Robert; Cook, Charles – 1999
This report focuses on service and service-learning in high schools. The report compares data from 1984 research with information from two studies of service and service-learning completed in 1997. The data suggest that community service and service-learning in 1984 was available in slightly more than one-quarter of all high schools (primarily to…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Comparative Analysis, Educational Trends, High Schools
Melchior, Alan – 1998
This document reports on the conduct and findings of a 3-year evaluation of the 1995-96 school year of the Learn and Serve America School and Community-Based Programs, which were initiated to support school and community-based efforts to involve school-aged youth in community service. Well-designed, school-based service-learning programs have a…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits