Effects favoring the curriculum-plus-service-learning condition over service-learning alone appeared only for ethical awareness and ethical perspective¶

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q2 i? In the study's comparison of Building Decision Skills with service learning against service-learning alone, differences favored the combined condition on ethical awareness and ethical perspective, but not on five other outcomes. → Building Decision Skills 2006

Evidence¶

Building Decision Skills 2006¶

Building Decision Skills. (2006). WWC Intervention Report, What Works Clearinghouse. https://www.globalethics.org/services/edu/bds.htm

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The WWC reports (footnote to Appendix A3) that Leming (2001) also compared the combined condition with a service-learning-only condition; differences were not found for acceptance of ethical responsibility, social responsibility within the school or in society, self-esteem, or anticipated future community participation.

"In that comparison, differences favoring the curriculum plus service-learning were reported for ethical awareness and ethical perspective in comparison with service-learning alone."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Service-learning within integrated projects is associated with improvements in students' self-efficacy, self-esteem, social responsibility, and community participation — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
• Building Decision Skills plus service learning significantly improved twelfth-graders' ethical perspective relative to a no-character-education comparison — related
• Building Decision Skills plus service learning showed no statistically significant effects on self-esteem, general social responsibility, or anticipated community participation — related
• Participating youth appeared to develop perspective-taking skills, with 84% of students reporting greater openness to others' perspectives — related
• Building Decision Skills combined with service learning has potentially positive effects on high school students' knowledge, attitudes, and values — a broader claim this one bears on