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Peer reviewedHecht, Deborah – Social Policy, 1999
Discusses service-learning programs, focusing on school-based programs that give students the opportunity to apply academic and nonacademic skills to real-life situations. Outlines some keys to effective programs, illustrated by the experiences of a charter school in Hoboken, New Jersey. (SLD)
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Relationship, Program Effectiveness
Download full textHecht, Deborah; Fusco, Dana; Schine, Joan; Berkson, Nancy – 1995
Using as prompts scenarios of interaction at a preschool and senior center, this study examined student responses concerning the degree of caring exhibited. Data were collected from middle school students before and after participating in a service learning program involving service in a preschool, and from nonservice students. The service…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students
