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Robert Franco, Ph.D. Director, Office for Institutional Effectiveness Professor of Anthropology

Merging Service-Learning and Institutional Databases: Does Service-Learning Contribute to Student Engagement , Success and Learning?. Robert Franco, Ph.D. Director, Office for Institutional Effectiveness Professor of Anthropology bfranco@hawaii.edu. Defining SL “completion”.

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Robert Franco, Ph.D. Director, Office for Institutional Effectiveness Professor of Anthropology

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  1. Merging Service-Learning and Institutional Databases: Does Service-Learning Contribute to Student Engagement, Success and Learning? Robert Franco, Ph.D. Director, Office for Institutional Effectiveness Professor of Anthropology bfranco@hawaii.edu

  2. Defining SL “completion” • finished 20+ service-learning hours (supervised and evaluated course-embedded) • wrote required semester capstone essay to be rubric assessed in relation to new College General Education student learning outcomes • submitted all signed forms

  3. UH as Multi-Campus System Distribution by home institution for fall 2009 and spring 2010 Service Learning completers

  4. Distribution by Gender • Service-Learning students by gender, fall 2009 and spring 2010

  5. Distribution by Citizenship

  6. Distribution by Ethnicity

  7. Student Cohort; Course Success

  8. Student Cohort; re-enrollment per semester

  9. CCSSE Snapshot Data, 2008 • 35% of part-time students and • 45% of full-time students reported having participated in “a community-based project as part of a regular course” • For full report, please visit http://ofie.kcc.hawaii.edu

  10. Pre- and Post-test Assessments • Indicate statistically significant improvement in Service-Learners’ attitudes about • Working as a team • Ability to make a difference in the community • Instructors as caring individuals • Based on a surveys of pre and post-test students in 1996, 1997 and 2006 • Will administer again in Spring 2011

  11. Supervisor Evaluations

  12. Next Steps • Investigate the following three research questions: • What is happening? • Is there a systematic effect? • Why and how is it happening?

  13. SL Student Profile • What is happening? • Demographic characteristics – gender, ethnicity, age, citizenship • COMPASS scores • Full-time and part-time status • Number of credits take at the time of service-learning

  14. Comparison Group • Identify a comparison group of equal sample size by stratified random sampling that fits the profile characteristics of the service learning students.

  15. Is there a systematic effect? Examine the effect of service learning experience on: • expected learning gains • course success rates, specifically in developmental courses, gatekeeper courses, and cornerstone courses • retention and persistence rate: course withdraw rate, fall-to-spring re-enrollment, and fall-to-fall re-enrollment • academic progress: number of credits earned after 1, 2, and 3 years of academic study • graduation and transfer rates.

  16. Student Engagement Measures • active-and-collaborative learning • student-faculty interaction • student effort • academic challenge • support services student service • CCSSE 2010 being evaluated now, please visit http://ofie.kcc.hawaii.edu in one month.

  17. Student Learning Outcomes Assessment • students’ reflection essays • end-of-semester service learning survey • pre- and post tests replicated • content and theme analysis

  18. Questions? Comments? Contact information: Robert Franco, Phd. bfranco@hawaii.edu Website: http://ofie.kcc.hawaii.edu

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