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Assessment of Students' Community-Engaged Learning

Assessment of Students' Community-Engaged Learning

Service-learning and community-engaged learning are high-impact educational practices, shown to have measurable impacts on students’ attitudes, values, and skills over the course of just one semester.  Assessing those often abstract impacts as an instructor can prove challenging. It’s essential to evaluate students’ learning, rather than their service, and to provide feedback along the way ( Bradley, 1995 ).

Below are some recommendations and resources to help you more effectively measure the effects of your community-engaged teaching.