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Prieto-Flores, Òscar; Feu, Jordi; Casademont, Xavier – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2016
In the last decades, many higher education institutions have developed practices of internationalization of curricula aiming at developing intercultural competences among the non-mobile majority of students. Some of them have developed service-learning activities focusing on working with underserved communities from different cultures. This…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Racial Bias, Mentors, Control Groups
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Krings, Amy; Austic, Elizabeth A.; Gutiérrez, Lorraine M.; Dirksen, Kaleigh E. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2015
This cross-sectional, repeated measures, quasi-experimental study evaluates changes in college students' commitment toward, and confidence in, political participation, civic engagement, and multicultural activism. Our sample (n = 653) consisted of college students in a Midwestern university who participated in one of three social justice education…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Social Justice, Introductory Courses, Psychology
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Chrispeels, H. E.; Klosterman, M. L.; Martin, J. B.; Lundy, S. R.; Watkins, J. M.; Gibson, C. L.; Muday, G. K. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2014
This study tests the hypothesis that undergraduates who peer teach genetics will have greater understanding of genetic and molecular biology concepts as a result of their teaching experiences. Undergraduates enrolled in a non-majors biology course participated in a service-learning program in which they led middle school (MS) or high school (HS)…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Peer Teaching, Genetics, Molecular Biology
Mpofu, Elias – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2007
The effects of service-learning on the academic attainment of rehabilitation services students were examined using a quasi-experimental design. One hundred and thirty senior rehabilitation services students enrolled in the medical aspects of disabilities course, 65 with service-learning and 65 with classroom-only instruction. The same instructor…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Academic Achievement, Multiple Choice Tests, Case Studies