Service-Learning Research, Standards, Report on Sustaining, Trends/Acceptance of

Research

Websites

Using Research Knowledge to Advance District-wide Service-Learning
http://www.service-learningpartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pub_distlessons3

The Impact of Participation of Service-Learning on High School Students’ Civic Engagement
http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/WorkingPapers/WP33Billig.pdf
This CIRCLE study, conducted by Shelley Billig, Sue Root, and Dan Jesse, sought to estimate the effects of service-learning as compared to more traditional ways of teaching similar subject areas.

Research Matters
http://servicelearning.org/static/link/pages/1320.htm
Shelley Billig discusses the state and future of service-learning research and what it says about the impacts and effects of service-learning.

Impacts of Service-Learning on Participating K-12 Students
http://www.servicelearning.org/resources/fact_sheets/k-12_facts/impacts The studies summarized below build on the research outlined in Billig's May 2000 article in Phi Delta Kappan and subsequent research updates from RMC Research in 2001 and 2005.

National Service-Learning Partnership
http://www.service-learningpartnership.org/site/PageServer
This site provides links to a wide body of literature containing research on service-learning.

Publications

Furco, A. and Billig, S.H., Eds., Service-Learning: The Essence of the Pedagogy. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2002.

Furco, A. Service-learning in teacher education: An overview of the research. (with Susan Root). In Anderson, J. and Swick, K. Eds., Strengthening Service and Learning in Teacher Education. Washington, DC: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education, 2001.

Furco, A. Service-learning as education reform. In Gulati-Partee, G. & Finger, W., Eds., Critical Issues in K-12 Service-Learning. Raleigh: National Society for Experiential Education, 137-143, 1996. Furco, A. Service-learning: a balanced approach to experiential education. Expanding Boundaries: Serving and Learning. Washington, DC: Corporation for National Service, 2-6, 1996.