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Download full textMelchior, Alan – 1995
Serve-America is a national program that was established under the 1990 National and Community Service Act to involve young people in community service and thereby build their understanding of their communities, sense of social responsibility, and commitment to community involvement. In 1992, a 3-year evaluation of Serve-America was initiated to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Melchior, Alan – 1998
This document reports on the conduct and findings of a 3-year evaluation of the 1995-96 school year of the Learn and Serve America School and Community-Based Programs, which were initiated to support school and community-based efforts to involve school-aged youth in community service. Well-designed, school-based service-learning programs have a…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits
Furco, Andrew, Ed.; Billig, Shelley H., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 13 papers on advances in service-learning research. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Andrew Furco, Shelley H. Billig); "Community Service and Service-Learning in America: The State of the Art" (Ivor Pritchard); "Is Service-Learning Really Better Than Community Service? A Study of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Citizenship Education, Community Services, Context Effect
