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Monika Ciesielkiewicz; Claire Frances Bonilla; Matilde Santos – Teaching Education, 2024
The assessment of experiential learning, such as service learning, and its outcomes, tends to take time and effort. This paper examines how service learning and traditional learning activities help university students acquire both course-specific and key competencies that would be of value in their professional careers. The results show that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Service Learning, Competency Based Education
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Aranda, Maurina L.; Diaz, Michelle; Mena, Lorenzo Gastelum; Ortiz, Jocelyn I.; Rivera-Nolan, Christian; Sanchez, Daniela C.; Sanchez, Melissa J.; Upchurch, Allison M.; Williams, Carleigh S.; Boorstin, Stephanie N.; Cardoso, Laura M.; Dominguez, Matthew; Elias, Sarah; Lopez, Elmer E.; Ramirez, Ruby E.; Romero, Paola Juliet; Tigress, Falina Nicole; Wilson, Jenee Alexandra; Winstead, Ryan; Cantley, Jason T.; Chen, Joseph C.; Fuse, Megumi; Goldman, Michael A.; Govindan, Brinda; Ingmire, Peter; Knight, Jonathan D.; Pasion, Sally G.; Pennings, Pleuni S.; Sehgal, Ravinder N. M.; de Vera, Patricia Tiongco; Kelley, Loretta; Schinske, Jeffrey N.; Riggs, Blake; Burrus, Laura W.; Tanner, Kimberly D. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2021
Scientist Spotlights--curricular materials that employ the personal and professional stories of scientists from diverse backgrounds--have previously been shown to positively influence undergraduate students' relatability to and perceptions of scientists. We hypothesized that engaging students in authoring Scientist Spotlights might produce…
Descriptors: Science Education, Student Developed Materials, Scientists, Undergraduate Students
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Eppler, Marion; Ironsmith, Marsha – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2021
Undergraduate students tutored elementary school children applying Dweck's growth mindset model, while a concurrent class implemented an evaluation of the program. Tutors encouraged children to adopt a growth mindset while helping with homework, especially in mathematics. Research students designed and conducted pre- and post-interviews to assess…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Tutoring, Elementary School Students, Service Learning
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Huiwen Shi; Lok Ming Eric Cheung – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2024
Purpose: While most language departments of the university offer service-learning (SL) subjects based on language teaching, such as "Teaching Chinese as a Second Language in Local Schools" and "Serving the Community through Teaching English," this paper aims to argue that teaching students to teach language(s) is yet to be the…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Service Learning, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Collins, Christopher R.; Donahue, Lynn – American Biology Teacher, 2019
Eco-literacy (knowledge of natural history, and direct observation of the natural world and the organisms it contains) is critical to a holistic understanding of biology. Many undergraduate biology students lack this knowledge and experience, often because of a lack of engagement with the environmental science curriculum. The effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Ecology, Literacy, Service Learning, Outdoor Education
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Armstrong, David; Murck, Barbara; Poe¨, Judith C. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
A service learning course has been developed through which undergraduate science students create problem-based learning materials for use in high school science classes. Undergraduate students research active learning pedagogies with a specific focus on problem-based learning, create original materials to be used in grades 11 and 12 chemistry and…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Problem Based Learning, Undergraduate Students, College Science
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Kaitlyn Culiton; Lourdes M. Marquez; Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2024
This study analyzes the outcomes of a service-learning course where Latinas in a higher education setting created a 16-page children's book for at-risk students as part of their education coursework in a regional public Hispanic-serving institution (HSI). There is a well-documented lack of Latina/o/x representation in children's literature, which…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cultural Pluralism, Writing (Composition), Hispanic American Students
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Bonati, Michelle L. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2018
Collaborative planning between special education teachers and general education teachers that focuses on curriculum, instruction, and assessment can improve learning outcomes for students with and without disabilities. Service-learning is a teaching practice that can provide a flexible approach for teachers to collaboratively plan to meet the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Inclusion, Service Learning, Regular and Special Education Relationship
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Phung, Huy; Tran, Nhi; Hoang, Diem – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
English learners in EFL contexts where grammar-based instruction is still dominant often lack opportunities to use the target language both within and outside the classroom. In 2010, we initiated a club-based approach to facilitate students' learning beyond the classroom. It focused on meaningful communication, authentic tasks, student agency,…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kelly, Daniel P.; Sabet, Andrina; Galloway, Cole – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2018
Technology, engineering, and design (TED) education is replete with hands-on projects and activities to engage students in project- and problem-based learning. TED design briefs provide a realistic context for problems so that students are immersed in as realistic a problem scenario as possible. This article provides a model of best practice for…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Service Learning, STEM Education, Experiential Learning
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Hawkins, LouAnne B.; Kaplan, Leslie G. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2016
Recent research has empirically demonstrated that young adults today are different from prior generations in their decreased empathy, increased narcissism, and decreased civic engagement. The formative years of young adulthood are a critical period for the development of civic values and civil ideologies, a time when college-age adults need to…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Refugees, Generational Differences, Honors Curriculum
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Kennedy, Sarah A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
The green chemistry course taught at Westminster College (PA) incorporates nontraditional teaching techniques and texts to educate future chemists about the importance of using green chemistry principles. The course is designed to introduce green chemistry concepts and demonstrate their inherent necessity by discussing historical missteps by the…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Undergraduate Students, Environmental Education, Chemistry
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Lucy-Bouler, Thomas; Lucy-Bouler, Tink – Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 2012
Universities struggle with how to get students more involved and active in the university and community. Providing projects that just collect cans or raise money for a cause, while admirable, are not teaching the students how to be active, how to conduct projects, and give them connections to the community. This paper will describe service…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Program Effectiveness, Student Participation, Academic Achievement
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Nunn, Jeffrey A.; Braud, Janie – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2013
Students in Honors Physical Geology at Louisiana State University (LSU) participated in instruction in eighth- to ninth-grade geology and geography classes in East Baton Rouge Parish Schools (EBRPS) to help meet community needs. LSU students created instructional materials and reflected on the service activity to gain a deeper understanding of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Honors Curriculum, Geology, Service Learning
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Hark, Amy T. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2008
The importance of engaging students in science and helping them to become informed citizens has been highlighted by many groups invested in science education. This report describes a project that furthers both academic and civic goals through the integration of a service learning component into an undergraduate course. This nonmajors class covers…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Service Learning, Biotechnology, Instructional Materials
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