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Wang, Liz; Calvano, Lisa – Journal of Education for Business, 2018
Service learning (SL) is gaining popularity in business schools as a way to supplement traditional pedagogies. Research indicates that SL improves particular learning outcomes, but little is known about how this happens. Using Kolb's theory of experiential learning, the authors develop and test a conceptual model that explains how SL activates the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Marketing, Service Learning
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Soria, Krista M.; Thomas-Card, Traci – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2014
In this study, we explored whether college students' motivations for participating in community service were associated with their perceptions that service enhanced their desire to continue participating in communityfocused activities after graduation, after statistically controlling for demographic variables and other variables of interest.…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Service Learning, Undergraduate Students, Hypothesis Testing
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Plante, Thomas; Halman, Katherine – Journal of College and Character, 2016
Little research exists on the development of compassion among college undergraduates. This study tracks changes in compassion and identifies factors associated with these changes over the course of undergraduate students' college careers, from the time of admittance to the time of graduation. Compassion levels assessed at the point of college…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Altruism, Longitudinal Studies, Attitude Change
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Boswell, Stefanie S. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2015
This study investigated the effect of a semester-long aging and adult development course that included an intergenerational, service-learning component on attitudes toward older adult men and women, aging anxiety, and interest in occupations that serve older adults among individuals training for careers in healthcare and social services. It also…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Service Learning, Student Attitudes
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Beatty, Stephanie Hayne; Meadows, Ken N.; SwamiNathan, Richard; Mulvihill, Catherine – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2016
This study examined the potential impact of a week-long cocurricular community service-learning (CSL) program on undergraduate students' psychosocial development. Participants in the Alternative Spring Break program and a matched control group completed surveys assessing a number of psychosocial variables immediately before and after the program,…
Descriptors: Vacation Programs, Service Learning, Student Development, Undergraduate Students
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Drougas, Anne; Harrington, Steve – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2011
This paper describes a hypothesis testing project designed to capture student interest and stimulate classroom interaction and communication. Using an online survey instrument, the authors collected student demographic information and data regarding university service learning experiences. Introductory statistics students performed a series of…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Analysis, Student Projects
Bringle, Robert G.; Hatcher, Julie A.; McIntosh, Rachel E. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2006
Research on college students found limited support for Morton's (1995) hypothesis that students have a preference for one distinct type of service orientation (i.e., charity, project, social change). The findings did replicate previous findings that college students prefer the charity paradigm. A measure of integrity was developed and two…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Social Change, Integrity, Service Learning