How is academic success measured for service-learning projects?
• Academic credit is not awarded for the quality of the service or the service itself; credit is awarded for the student’s demonstration of academic and civic learning. In traditional courses, academic credit and grades are assigned based on students’ demonstration of academic learning as measured by the instructor. It is no different in service-learning courses. While in traditional courses we assess students’ learning from traditional course resources, e.g., textbooks, class discussions, library research, etc., in service-learning courses we evaluate students’ learning from the blending of traditional resources and community service.
