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Engaging Students in a Service-Learning Community through Computer-Mediated Communication
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Bair, Beth Teagarden – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In 2015, a university in rural Maryland offered an undergraduate service-learning leadership course, which collaborated with a service-learning community of practice. This interdisciplinary leadership course initiated and sustained personal and critical reflection and social interactions by integrating Computer-Medicated Communication (CMC)…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Questionnaires, Case Studies
Developing Social Capital: The Effect of an Academic Service-Learning Component on the Civic Attitudes of College Students
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Duplantis, Joshua Paul – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Service-learning courses are credit-bearing educational experiences that deepen course content, meet identified community needs and use reflection to help students connect their service with the learning. These experiences give students an increased level of civic attitude and increased networks, which increases social and human capital. Research…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Social Capital, Educational Experience, Questionnaires
Service Learning: Providing the Building Blocks for a Socially Responsible Nursing Role
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Johnson, Judith M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
An explanatory correlational study was conducted to explore whether and to what extent a relationship between hours of participation in service learning and commitment to social responsibility exists for students enrolled in pre-licensure baccalaureate-nursing programs currently participating in the Nursing Licensure Compact. The convenience…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Correlation, Participation, Social Responsibility
Service Learning Experience and Undergraduate Leadership Behaviors: An Action Research Case Study
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Kenary, Judy – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Service-learning has been shown to be an effective practice that positively affects students' academic achievement, self-esteem, and problem-solving skills (Billig, 2002; Eyler & Giles, 1999; Wilczenski & Coomey, 2007). This mixed-method action research case study was conducted to explore the possible link between service-learning…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Undergraduate Students, Leadership, Student Attitudes
Effects of Service-Learning on Student Attitudes toward Academic Engagement and Civic Responsibility
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Moss, Larry Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This empirical study explored the impact of service-learning participation on high school students' attitudes toward academic engagement and civic responsibility. This study focused whether a group of high school students who participated in a service-learning project had more positive attitudes toward academic engagement and civic responsibility…
Descriptors: Oral History, High Schools, Student Attitudes, Service Learning
Service Learning: High School Social Studies Students "Building Bridges" to the Community
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Cranford, Sara L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This case study examined the relationships between the programmatic features of service learning and student willingness to participate in and development during a service learning opportunity in the secondary, Social Studies classroom. The sample included two sections of Advanced Placement Psychology which consisted of 58 junior and senior…
Descriptors: Service Learning, High School Students, Social Studies, Case Studies