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Impacts and Outcomes of Service-Learning: K-12 Selected Resources

Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, February 2006.

Our bibliographies strive to provide the most useful resources on a topic, with links to online full text items and downloadable PDFs when those are available. Library items may be borrowed from the Clearinghouse by Learn and Serve America grantees and subgrantees.

This bibliography highlights research and documentation of impacts and outcomes of service-learning in K-12 settings.

For additional resources on these and other service-learning topics, visit the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse at www.servicelearning.org.
 
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 Ammon, Mary Sue, Andrew Furco, Bernadette Chi, and Ellen Middaugh. “School/District and Community Impacts of K–12 Service-Learning.” Chapter 6 in Service-Learning in California: A Profile of the CalServe Service-Learning Partnerships (1997-2000). Berkeley: University of California-Berkeley Service-Learning Research and Development Center, 2002. <http://servicelearning.org/filemanager/download/61/chap6.pdf>

Andersen, Susan. Service Learning: a National Strategy for Youth Development. Washington, D.C.: George Washington University, 1998.
<http://www.gwu.edu/~ccps/pop_svc.html>

Billig, Shelley, Sue Root, and Dan Jesse. The Impact of Participation in Service-Learning on High School Students' Civic Engagement. College Park, MD: Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, 2005.
<http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/WorkingPapers/WP33Billig.pdf>

Kahne, Joseph, Bernadette Chi, and Ellen Middaugh. CityWorks Evaluation Summary. New York: Surdna Foundation, 2002.
<http://www.crf-usa.org/e-News/e-News_CityWorks_Eval.doc>

Kemis, Mari. A Profile of Service Learning in Iowa Executive Summary: A Statewide Survey of Public Schools. Des Moines, IA: Iowa Department of Education, 2000. <http://www.iowa.gov/educate/content/view/699/715/1/7/>

Learning in Deed. Perceptions: Understanding and Responding to What People Think About Service-Learning. Washington, DC: Author, n.d.
<http://www.learningindeed.org/tools/other/Perception.pdf>

Lieberman, Gerald, and Linda Hoody. Closing the Achievement Gap: Using the Environment as an Integrating Context for Learning. San Diego: State Education and Environment Roundtable, 2001. <http://www.seer.org/pages/overview.htm>

Melchior, Alan. Summary Report National Evaluation of Learn and Serve America School and Community-Based Programs. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Center for Human Resources, 1999. <http://www.learnandserve.org/pdf/lsa_evaluation.pdf>

National Center for Education Statistics. Condition of Education in 2001: Participation of Grades 6-12 in Community Service. Washington, DC: Author, 2001.
<http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/2001072_2.pdf>

National Center for Education Statistics. Service-Learning and Community Service in K-12 Public Schools: Summary of Key Findings. Washington, DC: Author, 1999. <http://nces.ed.gov/pubs99/1999043.pdf>

National Center for Education Statistics. Service-Learning and Community Service among 6th- through 12th Grade Students in the United States: 1996 and 1999. Washington, DC: Author, 1999.
<http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000028>

National Center for Education Statistics. Percent of Public Schools with Service-Learning, by Instructional Level and Mandatory or Voluntary Student Participation: Academic Year 1998-99. Washington, DC: Author, 1999.
<http://nces.ed.gov/quicktables/Detail.asp?Key=203>

National Center for Education Statistics. Percentage of Public Schools with Service-Learning, Percent Implementing Service-Learning in Various Ways, by Instructional Level: Academic Year 1998-99. Washington, DC: Author, 1999.
<http://nces.ed.gov/quicktables/Detail.asp?Key=202>

National Youth Leadership Council. Growing to Greatness: 2006 State of Service-Learning Report. St. Paul, MN: Author, 2004.
<http://www.nylc.org/rc_downloadfile.cfm?emoid=14:632&property=download&mode=download>

RMC Research Corporation. W.K. Kellogg Foundation Retrospective of K-12 Service- Learning Projects. Denver, CO: Author 2002.
<http://www.servicelearning.org/filemanager/download/18/k12sl_retro.pdf>
  
Print Resources
 These items are in the library of the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse and may be borrowed by Learn and Serve America Grantees and Subgrantees.
  
 Akujobi, Clifford, and Robert Simmons. Achievement Test Score Shows Teachers are Making Changes in Their Classrooms Through Service-Learning. Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan K-12 Service Learning Center, 1997.

Alt, Martha Naomi, and Elliot A. Medrich. Student Outcomes from Participation in Community Service. Washington, D.C.: MPR Associates, 1995.

Billig, Shelley H. “Research on K-12 School-Based Service-Learning: The Evidence Builds.” Phi Delta Kappan 81 no. 9 (2000): 658-664.

Billig, Shelley H. and Andrew Furco, eds. Service-Learning: The Essence of the Pedagogy. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2002. (K-16)

Billig, Shelley H., and Andrew Furco, eds. Service-Learning Through a Multidisciplinary Lens. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2002. (K-16)

Billig, Shelley, and Janet Eyler, eds. Deconstructing Service-Learning: Research Exploring Context, Participation, and Impacts. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2003. (K-16)

Billig, Shelley. “Research on K-12 School-Based Service-Learning: The Evidence Builds.” Phi Delta Kappan 81 no. 9(658-664): 2000.

Billig, Shelley. “The Effects of Service Learning.” School Administrator 57 no. 7(14-18):2000.

Billig, Shelley. Evaluation of the School District of Philadelphia Freedom Schools Junior Leader Project. Denver, CO: RMC Research Corporation, 2002.

Blyth, Dale A., Rebecca Satino, and Tom Berkas. "A Quantitative Study of the Impact of Service Learning Programs" in Service Learning: Applications from the Research, edited by Alan S. Waterman. Mawah, NJ: Erlbaum, 1997.

Blyth, Dale A., Rebecca Satino, and Tom Berkas. “A Quantitative Study of the Impact of Service Learning Programs.” In Service Learning: Applications from the Research, edited by Alan S. Waterman, 39-56. Malwah, JN: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1997.

Brown, S., Kim, W., & Pinhas, S. Texas Title IV service-learning evaluation, 2004-2005: Interim report. Denver , CO : RMC Research Corporation, 2005.

Conrad, Dan and Hedin, Diane. “School-based Community Service: What We Know From Research and Theory.” Phi Delta Kappan 72 no. 10 (1991): 743-749.

Covitt, Beth A. “Motivating Environmentally Responsible Behavior through Service-Learning.” In Service-Learning: The Essence of the Pedagogy, edited by Andrew Furco and Shelley Billig, 177-197. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2002.

Furco, Andrew. “Is Service-Learning Really Better Than Community Service?” In Service-Learning: The Essence of the Pedagogy, edited by Andrew Furco and Shelley Billig, 23-50. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2002.

Markus, Gregory B. “Integrating Community Service and Classroom Instruction Enhances Learning: Results from an Experiment.” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 15, no. 4 (1993): 410-419.

Melchior, Alan, & Lawrence N. Bailis. “Impact of Service-Learning on Civic Attitudes and Behaviors of Middle and High School Youth: Findings from Three Evaluations.” In Service-Learning: The Essence of the Pedagogy, edited by Andrew Furco and Shelley Billig, 201-222. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2002.

Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning. Motivation and Academic Results through Service Learning. St. Paul, MN: Author, 1999.

Myer, Stephen. The Impact of Service-Learning on Academic Outcomes: A Statewide Study of Michigan Learn and Serve Grantees. Presentation, Third Annual International Conference on Service-Learning Research, Salt Lake City, UT, November 6-8, 2003.

Neal , Marybeth. “Service-Learning In K-12 Education.” Generator 21, no. 3 (2003): 7-11.

RMC Research Corp. The Impact of Service-Learning on MEAP: A Large Scale Study of Michigan Learn and Serve Grantees. Denver, CO: Author, 2003.

RMC Research Corporation. Colorado Department of Education Service-Learning Evaluation Report: Executive Summary. Denver, CO: Author, 2003.

RMC Research. Research Evidence for Service-Learning Impacts. Denver, CO: RMC Research Corp., 2003.

Root, Susan, Jane Callahan, and Shelley Billig. Improving Service-Learning Practice: Research on Models to Enhance Impact. Greenwich, CT : Information Age Publishing, 2005.

Scales, Peter, Dale Blyth , Thomas Berkas, and James Kielsmeier. "The Effects of Service-Learning on Middle School Students' Social Responsibility and Academic Success." Journal of Early Adolescence 20, no. 3(2000): 331-358.

Shumer, Robert and Charles C. Cook. The Status of Service-Learning in the United States: Some Facts and Figures. Scotts Valley, CA: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, 1999.

Skinner, Rebecca and Christopher Chapman. “Service-Learning and Community Service in K-12 Public Schools: Statistics in Brief.” Education Statistics Quarterly 1, no. 4 (1999): 51-59.

Stewart, Trae. “Outcomes from Catholic Service-Learning.” Academic Exchange Quarterly 6, no. 4 (2002): 123-130.

Waterman, Alan. Service-Learning: Applications from the Research. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 1997.
  
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