ERIC Number: EJ1082795
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Oct
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Service-Learning and Civic Responsibility in a Sample of African American College Students
Blankson, A. Nayena; Rochester, Shana E.; Watkins, Angela Farris
Journal of College Student Development, v56 n7 p723-734 Oct 2015
In this study, we investigated the impact of past and current service-learning on the civic attitudes of African American college women: 44 students enrolled in either service-learning or non-service-learning courses were given pretests and posttests measuring civic attitudes. Repeated measures analyses of variance were conducted to examine the effect of previous and current service-learning experiences on 6 different aspects of civic attitudes. Results did not indicate changes in civic attitudes over time for service-learning students. However, there was a significant interaction between past and current service-learning in predicting political awareness. Implications of the findings are discussed.
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Students, Service Learning, Citizenship Responsibility, Pretests Posttests, Statistical Analysis, Political Attitudes, Quasiexperimental Design, Females, Questionnaires, Demography, Correlation, Social Desirability
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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