Service learning
Overview
- Influence: Service learning
- Domain: Technology, School, and Out-of-School Strategies
- Sub-Domain: Out-of-school
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
- Influence Definition: A teaching strategy that combines community service with learning from classroom instruction. Students engage in community service activities and apply the experience to personal and academic development. The aim is to benefit both the community and the learner.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 5
- Number of studies: 120
- Number of students: 18,050
- Number of effects: 81
- Effect size: 0.52
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | First Author's Country | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Experiential Education | Celio, Durlak & Dymnicki | USA | A meta-analysis of the impact of service-learning on students | 2011 | Service learning | 62 | 11,837 | 17 | 0.43 |
| Teaching of Psychology | Conway, Amel, & Gerwein | USA | Teaching and learning in the social context: A meta-analysis of service learning's effects on academic, personal, social, and citizenship outcomes. | 2009 | Service learning | 19 | 1,193 | 19 | 0.43 |
| Unpublished Thesis | White | USA | A Meta-Analysis of Service Learning Research in Middle and High Schools | 2001 | Service programs on academic progress | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0.87 |
| Academy of Management Learning & Education | Yorio & Ye | USA | A Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Service-Learning on the Social, Personal, and Cognitive Outcomes of Learning | 2012 | Service programs on academic progress | 19 | 2,891 | 25 | 0.53 |
| Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning | Warren | USA | Does Service-Learning Increase Student Learning?: A Meta-Analysis | 2012 | Service programs on academic progress | 11 | 2,129 | 11 | 0.33 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 120 | 18,050 | 81 | 0.52 | |||||
Confidence
The Confidence is the average of these four measures, each divided into five approximately equal groups and assigned a value from 1 to 5 based on the following criteria:
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Number of Meta-analyses
- 1 = 1
- 2 = 2–3
- 3 = 4–6
- 4 = 7–9
- 5 = 10+
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Number of Studies
- 1 = 1–10
- 2 = 11–50
- 3 = 51–200
- 4 = 201–400
- 5 = 400+
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Number of Students
- 1 = 1–2,500
- 2 = 2,501–10,000
- 3 = 10,000–20,000
- 4 = 20,000–100,000
- 5 = 100,001+
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Number of Effects
- 1 = 1–100
- 2 = 101–300
- 3 = 301–600
- 4 = 601–1,200
- 5 = 1,200+
| Number of Meta-Analyses | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Overall Confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confidence Factor | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |