Outcomes of Service Learning Experiences as Predictors of Critical Thinking Skills

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Harnek Hall ◽  
Darnell Morris-Compton
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills

scholarly journals Reflections On Service-Learning, Critical Thinking, And Cultural Competence

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynette R. Goldberg ◽  
Kathy L. Coufal
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Intellectual Development ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Developmental Trajectory ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After

In today’s increasingly multicultural society, students need to be prepared for the work world they will encounter. Well-developed critical thinking skills appear essential to needed cultural competence. With its focus on community involvement, deep reflection and civic engagement, the possibility that Service-Learning (SL) could improve students’ critical thinking abilities, and thus contribute to students’ intellectual development and cultural competence, was explored. The critical thinking abilities of a group of 4th and 5th year university students were measured before and after 12 weeks of community-based experiences. The 4th year students were involved in an integrated SL course. The 5th year students had completed the SL course the previous year. There was a significant difference between the two groups with the 5th year students better able to think critically, particularly in deducing conclusions and evaluating arguments. Both quantitative and qualitative data from the two groups revealed a non-linear developmental trajectory of skills that provide insights for professionals in higher education.

Impacting and Influencing the System to Support Student Career Readiness, Voice, and Efficacy

2021 ◽  
pp. 90-105
Author(s):  
Jennifer Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Career Readiness ◽  
Development Communication ◽  
Capstone Course

This chapter provides context for the design of an experiential, service-learning-based capstone course that provides students with meaningful service-based learning experiences. Through experiential learning and publication opportunities, students develop transferable career development, communication, writing, and critical thinking skills. It is a related goal that students leave this course with improved self and collective efficacy and a fundamentally heightened awareness of their own potential to create positive change in their community.

scholarly journals Effects of Copper Model in Blended Service Learning for the Enhancement of Undergraduate Academic Achievements and Critical Thinking

TEM Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 814-819
Author(s):  
Suphamart Phakakat ◽  
Thanongsak Sovajassatakul
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
And Control

This study is aimed at comparing academic achievements and critical thinking skills between the groups undertaking blended service learning and typical learning. A cluster random sampling was employed to sample 62 students. The experimental and control groups respectively comprised 30 and 32 of them. The instruments were 1) a Copper Model lesson plan, 2) online instructional media on Computer and Information Technology, 3) a critical thinking measurement, and 4) an academic achievement measurement. Data were analyzed using mean (𝒙􀴥), standard deviation (SD), and one-way MANOVA. Results concluded that the experimental group with blended service learning achieved higher academic achievements and critical thinking skills than the control group at the .05 significance level.

scholarly journals Metode Problem Solving, Minat Belajar, dan Pengalaman Belajar terhadap Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-89
Author(s):  
Rokhman ◽  
Onik Farida Ni'matullah
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Learning Interest

Problem solving learning model is a learning approach that presents problems as an initial foundation to build students' critical thinking skills by skillfully solving problems. The problem presented is a problem that has a context with the real world, so it is able to encourage students to think actively in accordance with the experiences they have experienced. Researchers chose Cluster II SDN Lumbang Subdistrict Pasuruan Regency as a place of research, because with the consideration that the school had never done research, especially social studies subjects. The purpose of this study is to find out: (1) The effect of problem solving learning methods on critical thinking skills, (2) The influence of learning interest on critical thinking skills, (3) The effect of learning experiences on critical thinking skills, and (4) The influence of problem solving learning methods, interest in learning, learning experiences on critical thinking skills. This type of research is quantitative research. Variables determining learning problem solving, learning interest, learning experiences, and critical thinking skills. The study population consisted of 158 students, while the sample was 113 students. Data collection techniques using questionnaires. The analysis technique used is multiple linear regression. The results showed that simultaneously and partially Problem Solving Learning Method, Learning Interest, Learning Experience affect Critical Thinking Ability

scholarly journals Florida 4-H Community Pride Leader's Guide

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey Ellison ◽  
Grace Carter
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Contact Person ◽  
Development Department

Service learning is an important component of youth development because it allows youth to strengthen their critical thinking skills, leadership skills, and civic and social responsibility. This 5-page Leader's Guide will help you and your club members get the most out of the Community Pride Program. Written by Stacey Ellison and Grace Carter, and published by the UF/IFAS 4-H Youth Development Department, January 2019. Updated with new contact person, March 2020. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/4h396

Promoting Critical Thinking Through Service Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia G. Campbell ◽  
Brianna R. Oswald
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Home Visitors ◽  
Vulnerable Families ◽  
Higher Education Instruction ◽  
Psychology Course

As stated in APA Learning Outcomes 2 and 3, two central goals of higher education instruction are promoting students’ critical thinking skills and connecting student learning to real-life applications. To meet these goals, a community-based service-learning experience was designed using task value, interpersonal accountability, cognitive dissonance, and guided reflection, and was implemented to motivate and promote students’ critical thinking skills in a human development psychology course. Students in this course served as home visitors or support-group facilitators to vulnerable families and reflected on their experiences in class assignments. Qualitative evidence from class discussions and journal entries, and quantitative data from the analysis of student essays, suggest that the majority of students engaged in critical thinking skills across the semester, particularly in using a broader locus for understanding and addressing issues experienced by their client families.

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