Service Learning and The Compass Trail

Students used a compass trail to show how they could perform service to their school. When students performed service learning, they completed a real task that was needed for a grateful audience conjoined with academic content in the lesson. Students worked on the school grounds and used content fro...

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Published inSocial studies (Philadelphia, Pa : 1934) Vol. 107; no. 4; pp. 137 - 144
Main Author Morris, Ronald V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 03.07.2016
Subjects
Active Learning
compass
Elementary School Science
Elementary School Students
Formative Evaluation
Geography Instruction
Grade 3
Indiana
Learning Activities
Map Skills
museum
Navigation
Outdoor Education
phone
Science Activities
Service Learning
Skill Development
Student Centered Learning
Student Projects
Task Analysis
Indiana
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Summary:Students used a compass trail to show how they could perform service to their school. When students performed service learning, they completed a real task that was needed for a grateful audience conjoined with academic content in the lesson. Students worked on the school grounds and used content from their regular curriculum while looking for real-life connections to academic applications. Students became involved in real projects that they found meaningful while making contributions to the community. Students learned about geographic tools and used those tools to accomplish their service projects. The students realized that the experience was real from their preparations, through the execution of the project, and the formative evaluation.
ISSN:0037-7996
2152-405X
DOI:10.1080/00377996.2016.1148003