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Service learning and science: a successful model.
Abstract
In this paper, a university based program which places science students in local elementary schools to serve as science experts for teachers is described. Both informal and formal evaluation has shown the program to be highly successful for partner teachers and participating students. The model on which it is based should be highly transportable and robust to the individual needs of schools and universities who seek to employ it.
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Service learning, a community-based approach to teaching and learning in which students participate in community service activities as a component of their formal education, has become a much ...
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