Undergraduate Honors Service-Learning & Effects on Locus of Control

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  • Trae Stewart

Abstract

Research examining service-learning in honors undergraduate education is scarce, and there have been no empirical studies that examine the effect of service-learning participation on honors undergraduates’ locus of control. The current study aimed to determine whether 119 first-year undergraduate honors students experienced significant changes in their internal and external locus of control after completing required service-learning projects in Title 1 elementary schools. Paired-samples t-tests showed that participants’ locus of control was significantly changed overtime on two of the three dependent variables (i.e., internal, powerful others).

Author Biography

Trae Stewart

Associate Professor

Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education & School Psychology

College of Education

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2012-05-22

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