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Learning Strategies, Daniel N. Osherson, Michael Stob, Scott Weinstein

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

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Learning Outcomes: The Measurement And Evaluation Of Experimential Learning, John S. Duley

Evaluation/Reflection

The focus of this paper is on measuring and evaluating the learning acquired by students in field experience education, not on program evaluation. This paper serves as an introduction and supplement to the books listed on the last page. One of these, EFFICIENT EVALUATION OF INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IN FIELD PLACEMENT, is provided as part of this PANEL Resource Paper.

Applications Of Developmental Theory To The Design And Conduct Of Quality Field Experience Programs: Exercises For Educators, Michele Whitman, Albert Erdynast

Service Learning, General

Much has been made in experiential learning circles of the implications of empirical findings in developmental psychology for the formulation of a theoretically convincing rationale for field experience education programs of every kind. Of particular significance has been the identification of cognitive structural stages of intellectual, moral, social and ego development through which individuals have been shown to progress--structural transformations of the individual's intra- and interpersonal capacities which closely mirror the traditionally articulated goals of higher education for students' growth. Even as such concepts have been advanced, however, practitioners have voiced persistent reservations about the theory's seeming elitism, the values …

Long-Term Effects Of Community Service Programs, James Beane, Joan Turner, David Jones, Richard Lipka

Service Learning, General

The need to develop connections between life in the school and that in the community is a recurring theme in educational literature. Of the many means for doing this, one of the more prominent is experiential learning or "planned opportunities for learning outside the classroom" (Hamilton 1980). Within the experiential learning concept, one variation which has received a good deal of attention is youth participation programs or community service projects (Olsen 1946; National Society for the Study of Education 1953; Harnack 1974; Coleman 1974; National Commission on Resources for Youth 1974). Such programs involve the active engagement of youth in …

Clothing Magic : Extension Circular 4-52-81, Linda Biles

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

Welcome to "Clothing Magic!" As a beginning 4-H'er, you are learning many things about the world of clothing and there's a lot yet to learn! "Clothing Magic" will give you an opportunity to know more about a variety of topics. You've had a taste of fibers and fabrics, grooming, and sewing. Now, you can explore these and other topics in more detail. To benefit the most from this project, you should have previously enrolled in Creative Clothing for two or more years. Now, look through the manual to see what experiences lie ahead of you. You'll find a number of …

You Learn To Bake : Extension Circular 9-21-81

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

This 4-H circular is about baking foods in the oven. The first part tells you many things you need to know to be a really good cook. It tells you how to measure and suggests an experiment you can do to find out for yourself why careful measuring is important. There are pictures and simple experiments to help you understand why recipe directions need to be followed.

Developing And Implementing Service-Learning In Aging, Donald E. Gelfand, James P. Firman

Intergenerational

This article focuses on the potential benefits of service-learning in aging to students, the university, and the community. We first discuss the concept of service-learning, clarify its parameters, and describe the types of projects that best exemplify its unique blend of service and learning. Opportunities for service-learning are examined using examples from the current Intergenerational Service-Learning Project of the National Council on Aging. The complexity of' initiating and gaining acceptance of service-learning in aging projects is explored, with particular attention given to supervisory and curriculum issues. Finally, the national implications of' service-learning in aging are discussed, as well as the …

Journalism In The Community Classroom A Curriculum Model For Cultural Journalism In Oklahoma, Linda C. Howard

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

This paper introduces the medium of cultural journalism as an effective means of intensified basic communication training and community involvement. Part one contains a report of a needs assessment and a subsequent pilot project on cultural journalism that was conducted at an Oklahoma high school. The needs assessment also reports on similar projects conducted in and around the Oklahoma region, the attitudes of community members toward such a project, the problems and possibilities associated with such curriculum development, and advice from other proponents of experience based education. The report on the pilot project that resulted from the needs assessment--a 36-page …

Selected Changes In Urban High School Students After Participation In Community Based Learning And Service Activities, Kathleen Parks Luchs

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

This study measured selected changes in high school students as a result of community involvement and participation in order to realize the goal of responsible citizenship. It was designed to ascertain whether students who experienced community service displayed more positive attitudes toward learning than students who had not experienced community service.

The study investigated changes in the areas of: student attitudes toward future life goals as measured by actual behaviors in planning and exploring careers, feelings of personal adequacy or inadequacy as measured by self-esteem in social situations, attitudes toward helping others as measured by social and personal responsibility indices, …

Intergenerational School Projects: Examples And Guidelines, James P. Firman, Anita M. Stowell

Intergenerational

The residential, educational, and recreational patterns of modern American society tend to isolate the young from the old. Because there is little interaction between the age groups, each generation tends to stereotype the other. Educators must realize that these age-related stereotypes affect our interpersonal relationships, our self-images, and, consequently, our potential to live a full, rewarding life.

Youth Socialization Via National Service, Donald J. Eberly

Special Topics, General

As a frame of reference for this paper, I have chosen the 1977 keynote address given by Harry Silberman to the Society for Experiential Education. At that time he outlined "five major arguments against using work experience as a vehicle for the socialization (of youth) to adulthood."

Clothing Unlimited; Advanced 4-H Clothing Project : Extension Circular 4-50-79, Gail Skinner

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

4-H project discussing more in-depth questions about creating a wardrobe. Several activities for thinking about and creating a wardrobe that works for you.

Toward Cognitive Development Through Field Studie, Barbara A. Hursh, Lenore Borzak

Higher Education

Although field study is as ancient as the apprenticeship concept, field study programs have been recreated in recent years as innovative features of many colleges and universities. These programs are as diverse as the institutions that sponsor them. Some are part of cooperative education plans whereby students alternate between a term on campus in regular classwork and a term off-campus in paid employment. Others combine working and studying in the same term. Nearly all have as a primary objective exposing students to a world or perspective beyond the traditional classroom, usually for the purpose of advancing career planning.

The Ideal Characteristics Of Foxfire Type Projects As Perceived By Teacher Advisors, Robert Dennis England

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

Eliot Wigginton, after six weeks of classroom teaching at the Rabun-Gap Nacoochee School in rural north Georgia, was frustrated because he found that his students were not interested in the courses he was prepared to teach. He had graduated from Cornell University in May 1966 with a master's degree and had come to Rabun-Gap to instruct mountain children in English and geography. He realized, fortunately, that if his students were bored it was he who had bored them. He believed that it might be better him to seek another career (Wigginton, 1972).

Experiential Learning Theory And Learning Experiences In Liberal Arts Education, Ronald Fry, David Kolb

Service Learning, General

Experiential learning theory can be used to diagnose and understand both learners and learning environments. The results suggest guidelines for making liberal arts education more meaningful to learners by providing them an opportunity to develop adaptive competencies related to career success.

Evaluating Serving Learning Programs: A Guide Of Program Coordinators, Action

Evaluation/Reflection

Evaluation is a skill which is often surrounded with an aura of mystery. As a result, many program coordinators are reluctant to undertake evaluations. Some feel they do not have the necessary and special skills. Others do not see how evaluation -- which seems to concern itself with past activity-- can work to make programs different or better in the future. In point of fact, however, evaluation is one of the administrator's most important tools for planning future operations. And evaluation is most definitely a tool that can be used successfully by program coordinators who have not had any special …

The Community Involvement Program: Social Service As A Factor In Adolescent Moral And Psychological Development, F. C. Corbett

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

The Community Involvement Program is a one-year high school program the aim of which is to lead students to a commitment to the solution of social problems by a combination of direct experience in social service and a classroom component in which to reflect critically on their experience. This thesis studies the effects of participation in the program on the moral and psychosocial development of adolescents.

National Youth Service, Donald J. Eberly

Service Learning, General

A national youth service program could attack two of the most serious urban problems-the lack of needed services and the excessive levels of unemployment among restless young people.

The Effects Of A Community Involvement Program On Adolescent Student's Citizenship Attitudes, Stuart Harold Stockhaus

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

Upon looking at any of the many lists of social studies instructional objectives. one can hardly avoid finding an objective called citizenship. A National Council for the Social Studies sponsored publication on civic education states, "In one sense, desirable citizenship traits in a democratic society remain the same today, in the midst of rapid cultural change. as they were hundreds of years ago. Effective participation by the individual in public affairs continues to require the same four essentials: knowledge. thought. commitment, and action. In application, however. each generation redefines good citizenship to fit demands of the times."

Leader's Guide, Fun In 4-H With Jack And Judy : Extension Circular 4-03-76, Leon Rottmann

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

Presents the leader's role in facilitating the beginning home economics projects for 4-H.

Patterns Of Volunteer Service By Young People: 1965 & 1974, Donald J. Eberly

Service Learning, General

In November 1965 and again in April 1974 the Census Bureau conducted a nationwide survey of volunteers. The first was funded by the Department of Labor,l and the second by ACTION, a Federal agency established in 1971 to coordinate federally-supported volunteerism, and to operate volunteer programs such as VISTA and the Peace Corps.

Service-Learning, Donald J. Eberly

Service Learning, General

Service-learning integrates the accomplishment of a needed task with educational growth.

A Comparison Of Experiential And Classroom Learning Models In Teaching Health Problems Of The Poor, Gerald F. Braza

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

The general problem was to assess differences, if any, in selected areas of knowledge, attitudes and behavior among students exposed to a classroom model with students exposed to an experiential (community live-in} model in learning about health problems of the poor. Specific problems included: the selection of instruments, the development of methods and materials for teaching the classroom and experiential groups, and the measurement of students' knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to the poor and their health problems.

Leaders Guide. Creative Clothing...Opening The Door : Extension Circular 4-14-75

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

4-H discussion of items leaders need to know like what the students are like and a description of the projects used in a 4-H meeting.

Creative Clothing...Opening The Door : Extension Circular 4-10-75, Gail Skinner

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

Discusses different aspects of sewing such as: color coordination, sewing machine vocabulary, tools used, correct posture, customization of clothing and hygiene for 4-H.

4-H Model Rocketry : F63

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

Record book for projects and lessons for making a model rocket for 4-H.

Fun In 4-H With Jack And Judy : Extension Circular 4-01-75, Leon Rottmann

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

Discusses general beginning Home Economics projects for 4-H.

Action Learning In Minnesota, Dan Conrad, Diane Hedin

School K-12

This publication describes over 100 activity-oriented programs in which students learn through a combination of direct experience and associated instruction or reflection. Students are involved in cross-age tutoring, community services, on-the-job work experiences, foreign or domestic travel with an organized group, political campaigns, field trips, art show-productions, movie making, and still photography. Information was gathered in the spring of 1975 when the Student Community Involvement Project of the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals sent out a questionnaire to all secondary schools in the state to determine how many of them had adopted action learning. …

Groom Your Room : Extension Circular 11-01-74, Magdalene Pfister

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

Do you know what the word "Groom" means? It means to make neat and tidy. And in this 4-h project you will learn how to make your room neat and tidy. You will also learn how to make your room more attractive. You do not need a room of your own to do this project. The room you share with someone else can be the special place in your home to show friends what a good homemaker you are.

4-H Leads The Way; Extension Circular 0-05-74

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

Circulars, EC00574, Pamphlet promoting 4-H