Impact of Participation in Service-Learning on High School Students' Civic Engagement, (The)

This study compared more than 1,000 high school students who participated in service-learning
programs with those who did not participate in schools matched for similar demographics and
student achievement profiles. The intention was to estimate the effects of service-learning
compared to more traditional ways of teaching similar subject areas. The outcomes measured
ranged from civic knowledge, behaviors, and dispositions to school engagement factors, such as
attachment to school and enjoyment of coursework, that generally predict academic success.
Students came from sites in the southeast, north central, and western parts of the United States.
More than half of the students in the sample were Latino/Hispanic.(CIRCLE)