HOWS DOES SERVICE LEARNING IMPACT ME AND MY FELLOW CLASSMATES...

• Middle and high school students who engaged in quality service-learning programs showed increases in measures of personal and social responsibility, communication and sense of educational competence (Weiler, et. al., 1998).
• Students who engaged in service-learning ranked responsibility as a more important value and reported a higher sense of responsibility to their school than comparison groups (Leming, 1998).
• Students perceive themselves to be more socially competent after engaging in service-learning.
• Students who engaged in service-learning are more likely to treat each other kindly, help each other and care about doing their best.
• Students who engaged in service-learning are more likely to increase their sense of self-esteem and self-efficacy.
• Middle school male students reported increased self-esteem and fewer behavioral problems after engaging in service-learning (Switzer, et. al., 1995).
  
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