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Gelmon, Sherril B. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 2000
Provides an overview of practical methods and tools for assessment planning and implementation for service learning and civic engagement projects conducted by colleges and universities. Offers suggestions to help readers design their own program assessment plans. (SLD)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Colleges, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Download full textPetry, John R.; McCree, Herbert L. – 1998
Bridge Builders is a 2-year program intended to develop leadership in high school students. Programmatic goals include enhancing the participants' understanding of other racial and ethnic groups, socioeconomic groups, gender awareness, social responsibility, and the value of community service. Bridge Builders participants confronted community…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Leadership, Multicultural Education
Hecht, Deborah; Schine, Joan; Halsted, Alice; Berkson, Nancy – 1995
Service learning has been proposed as one strategy to empower youth, engage students, and provide real-life applications for classroom learning. One model of service learning, "The Helper Model," which was designed specifically for use with middle school students, is presented here. Data to test the model were collected from over 500…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students
Wang, Jianjun; Greathouse, Betty; Falcinella, Veronica M. – 1997
Despite many service-learning programs that are now in practice, the empirical assessment of their effectiveness is sparse, due in part, to the difficulty in identifying a common indicator to measure effectiveness. In order to bolster the empirical assessment of these programs, evaluation of one such service-learning program is presented here.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Spatig, Linda; Grimes, Courtney; Farrar, Jennifer; Gaines, Shelley; Terry, Elizabeth; Vance, Virginia; Sadler, Christina – 2001
The Girls' Resiliency Program is a youth empowerment program for girls in a rural, economically depressed area of West Virginia. Girls develop leadership skills by participating in board meetings, discussion groups, recreational events, song writing and poetry workshops, action research, and school and community service projects. Evaluation…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adolescents, Adult Child Relationship, Empowerment
Dyson, Michael; Cairns, Len; Hesse, Alice; Reeves, Mark – 2002
This report describes the Remote School, a "center for student leadership" in the high country of the Victorian Alps (Australia), and presents findings from an ongoing evaluation. This state-supported residential program addresses the needs of year-9 students on the threshold of adulthood and seeks to harness their energy in positive…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Geographic Isolation
Enos, Anya Dozier – 1999
The Community-Based Education Model (CBEM) at Santa Fe Indian School (SFIS) in New Mexico was studied to determine the elements that contribute to its success and that may be replicated in other community education projects. The CBEM engages students and tribal communities in issues related to their environment, natural resources, and health in an…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Philosophy, Environmental Education
