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1 Writing and Research for Publication Barbara E. Moely Professor Emerita of Psychology Tulane University Robert J. Hironimus-Wendt Associate Professor of Sociology Xavier University of Louisiana

2 Group Interaction 1: Why do Research? (Ten Minutes) Why would you personally like to do research regarding service learning? What questions do you have regarding service learning research?

3 Reasons for Doing Research Evaluation report to funding agency or university administrators (evaluative research) Evaluation of program functioning, with the aim of making improvements (formative research).

4 Reasons for Doing Research Research to answer basic questions about:  reactions of students, faculty, community to a service- learning experience or program;  important program or course characteristics;  individual differences in service learners;  changes over time in students, faculty, or community attitudes or behaviors.

5 Group Interaction 2: Potential Research Topics Ten minutes In groups of 4 or 5, share with each other possible research interests that you have.

6 The Research Process Formulating your question: What do you want to know? Reviewing the existing research literature: What do we already know? Identifying your sample: Who will you ask?

7 The Research Process Developing measures: How can you measure what you want to learn from the individuals in your sample?  Use of established test instruments or methods  Development of new measures

8 The Publication Process 1.Conceive Study 2.Conduct Study 3.Write Paper 4.Present Paper at Meeting 5.Revise Paper 6.Submit Manuscript to Journal

9 The Publication Process National Venues for Presenting Research:  National Service-Learning Conference http://www.nylc.org/ http://www.nylc.org/  International Conference on Advances in Service-Learning Research http://outreach.msu.edu/slConference/  American Education Research Association http://www.aera.net/  National Society of Experiential Education http://www.nsee.org/ http://www.nsee.org/  American Association of Higher Education http://www.aahe.org/ http://www.aahe.org/

10 The Publication Process National Venues for Publishing Research:  Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) http://www.umich.edu/~mjcsl/ http://www.umich.edu/~mjcsl/  Campus Compact Reader http://www.compact.org/publication/readerbackissues.html http://www.compact.org/publication/readerbackissues.html  The Generator: Journal of Service-Learning and Service Leadership http://www.nylc.org/generator.htm http://www.nylc.org/generator.htm  Journal of Experiential Education (JEE) http://www.aee.org/pubs/jee/njourn.html http://www.aee.org/pubs/jee/njourn.html  National Society for Experiential Education Quarterly http://www.nsee.org/pubsandresources.htm http://www.nsee.org/pubsandresources.htm

11 Service-Learning Websites http://www.servicelearning.org/ http://www.learnandserve.org/ http://www.compact.org/links/

12 CART (Compendium of Assessment and Research Tools) Bob Bringle’s book, The Measure of Service Learning rhironim@xula.edu moely@tulane.edu


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