Service Learning Clearinghouse Project

Research Literature

Advances in Education Research, Volume 3, Fall 1998

National Library of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, US Department of Education
This volume includes previously published articles from selected refereed journals, which identifies the best research on community service learning. For more information about this publication, please contact staff at: The National Library of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202-5523; Phone 1-800-424-1616; E-mail library@inet.ed.gov ; Web: http://www.ed.gov/NLE

Title: Service-Learning and changes in involvement preferences among undergraduates.
Author: Payne, Christopher A., Bennett, Ellen B.
Avail: NASPA Journal, v. 37, n.1, Fall 1999, p. 227-348.
Abstract: This study represents evolving research on service-learning and the ability of the Community Service Involvement Preference Inventory (CSIPI) to measure how students prefer to become involved in community service. Results suggest the CSIPI may lend itself to advancing empirical arguments for transforming service from an extracurricular activity to a method of pedagogy.

Title: Examining Academic Learning Outcomes in Service-learning: Recent Advances, Unanswered Questions and Guidelines
Author: Shastri, Anuradhaa, Year: 1998
Avail: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Diego, CA, April 13-17, 1998). ERIC No. ED422300
Abstract: This paper examines studies that have investigated academic learning outcomes in service-learning, identifies unanswered questions in assessing academic efforts and offers guidelines to evaluate content gains in courses that integrate service-learning.

Title: Pedagogical Variations in Service-Learning and Student Outcomes: How Time, Contact, and Reflection Matter
Author: Mabry, J Beth,
Avail: Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, v. 5, p. 32-47 (Fall 1998)
Abstract: This article describes a study that found that college service-learning is more effective as a civic and academic pedagogy when students have: (1) at least 15 to 20 hours of service; (2) frequent contact with the beneficiaries of their service; (3) weekly in-class reflection; (4) ongoing and summative written reflection; and (5) discussions of their service experiences with both instructors and site supervisors.

Title: Service-Learning for Aspiring School Leaders: An Exploratory Study
Author: Henderson, James E; Brookhart, Susan M.
Avail: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Chicago, IL, March 24-28, 1997). ERIC No. ED409626
Abstract: This paper presents findings of a study that examined the effects and extent of aspiring administrators' involvement in a service-learning practicum.

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Combining Service and Learning in Higher Education
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Title: Doing Well by Doing Good: A Study of the Effects of a Service-Learning Experience on Student Success. ASHE Annual Meeting Paper, 1998
Author: Berson, Judith S.; Younkin, William F.
Avail: ERIC No. ED427568
Abstract: This study explored the effects of service-learning on student success in college. The study consisted of 286 students enrolled in six paired community college courses in various disciplines.

Title: Service Learning and the Development of Social Responsibility, 1998
Author: Johnson, Scott D.; Bozeman, Marci
Avail: ERIC No. Ed425483
Abstract: This essay presents the findings of a study employing a developmental approach to student acquisition of social responsibility.

Title: Service Learning and Community Colleges: Where We Are: AACC Survey Report
Year: 1995;
Author: Robinson, Gail; Barnett, Lynn.
Avail: ERIC No. ED 394612
Abstract: To determine the level of involvement in service learning among community colleges, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) conducted a national survey of over 1,100 colleges in the spring of 1995. Results of the survey are also presented in this report.

Title: Service Learning and the Institutional Mission of Community Colleges
Author: Serow, Robert C., et al.
Avail: Community College Review (Spring 1996) v. 23, n. 4, p. 3-14
ERIC No. EJ524864
Abstract: This article describes the results of a study of service-learning activities at North Carolina community colleges. The results of the study indicate that community colleges supported similar types of activities as the state's universities, but did so at much lower levels. The article also provides case studies of the two community colleges that ranked the highest in service-learning support.

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