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Academic Service Learning

This guide is designed to be a starting place for instructor's who are looking for information on Academic Service Learning. It includes definitions, resources to get started, research, and to find out more about what others have done.

Selected Bibliography

Driscoll, A., Holland, B., Gelmon, S., & Kerrigan, S. (1996). An Assessment Model for Service-Learning: Comprehensive Case Studies of Impact on Faculty, Students, Community, and Institution. Michigan Journal Of Community Service Learning, 366-71.

Felzien, L., & Salem, L. (2008). Development and Assessment of Service Learning Projects in General Biology. Bioscene: Journal Of College Biology Teaching, 34(1), 6-12.

Karayan, S., & Gathercoal, P. (2005). Assessing Service-Learning in Teacher Education. Teacher Education Quarterly, 32(3), 79-92.

Lewis, T. L. (2004). Service Learning for Social Change? Lessons from a Liberal Arts College. Teaching Sociology, 32(1), 94-108.

Smith, E. S. (2006). Learning about Power through Service: Qualitative and Quantitative Assessments of a Service-Learning Approach to American Government. Journal Of Political Science Education, 2(2), 147-170.

Assessment Resources

Assessment Resources from Campus Compact
This guide from Campus Compact features rubrics, information on relating service learning to retention, and assessment of student learning outcomes.
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