CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

STUDENT ASSESSMENT

Course # and Title: ______Semester: Fall Spring Year:______

Professor: ______Community Partner(s): ______

Class Year: □ First Year □ Sophomore □ Junior □ Senior □ Other

Gender: □ female □ maleMajor: ______

Was the service project □ a requirement or □ optional? Total hours: □ <10 □ 10-19 □ 20-30 □ >30

1. Briefly describe your community experience. With whom did you primarily work or serve (children, teens, adults, agency staff, etc), and what did you usually do?

2. I would rate my service experience this semester as: □ poor □ fair □ good □ excellent.

Please explain:

Please indicate your level of agreement with each statement. / Strongly Disagree / Disagree / Agree / Strongly Agree
1. / The service-learning project this semester increased my curiosity in the subject matter in this course. / □ / □ / □ / □
2. / The service-learning project in this course helped me to understand or appreciate the importance of different perspectives. / □ / □ / □ / □
3. / Skills learned as a result of this service-learning project can apply to my other college classes. / □ / □ / □ / □
4. / The service-learning project increased my desire to learn more about the content of this course. / □ / □ / □ / □
5. / The service-learning project provided a good opportunity for me to interact with my professor on an informal basis, such as informal discussions about issues that arose from the project. / □ / □ / □ / □
6. / Service-learning increased my realization that there is much I do not know. / □ / □ / □ / □
7. / The service-learning project helped me develop or refine leadership skills. Examples: working effectively with others, leading groups, initiative, motivation, responsibility. / □ / □ / □ / □
8. / Skills and experiences that I gained from service-learning will be valuable in my career. / □ / □ / □ / □
9. / The service-learning aspect of this course helped me to see how the subject matter I learned can be used in every day life. / □ / □ / □ / □
10. / The service-learning project helped me to better understand course objectives, readings, and lectures. / □ / □ / □ / □
11. / I had the opportunity in this course to regularly reflect on my service-learning and its relationship to the course content.
11.b. What types of reflection activities?
□ Personal journals
□ Formal class discussions
□ Reflection papers or other written assignments
□ Class presentations
□ Portfolios
□ Other (please explain) ______/ □ / □ / □ / □
Please indicate your level of agreement with each statement. / Strongly Disagree / Disagree / Agree / Strongly Agree
12. / I was given adequate on-site supervision, training and orientation. / □ / □ / □ / □
13. / The service-learning experience gave me an opportunity to learn about someone different from myself. / □ / □ / □ / □
14. / I feel that I can have an impact on solving problems in my community. / □ / □ / □ / □
15. / I feel that the community work I did through this course benefited the community. / □ / □ / □ / □
16. / The idea of combining community work with coursework should be practiced in more classes at Concordia. / □ / □ / □ / □
17. / Service this semester changed the way I think about something (for example: a specific issue, people, public policy). Explain. / □ / □ / □ / □
18. / Most of my learning came from (check top 3):
□ formal class discussions on issues raised during service-learning
□ journaling and/or other written assignments
□ interaction with people at the community site
□ informal sharing with other classmates
□ class lectures or presentations
19. / I had interesting and challenging tasks and responsibilities at my service-learning site. / □ / □ / □ / □
20. / I did things myself instead of observing at my service-learning project. / □ / □ / □ / □
21. / The service-learning project provided opportunity to learn something new about myself and/or my abilities. / □ / □ / □ / □
22. / The service-learning project added deeper meaning and positive value to my college experience. / □ / □ / □ / □
23. / Service-learning in this course heightened my awareness of my responsibility to help others. / □ / □ / □ / □
24. / Service-learning increased my desire or deepened my commitment to future service or contribution to my community. / □ / □ / □ / □
25. / The service-learning component of this course helped me to explore/test my abilities and career/work opportunities. / □ / □ / □ / □
26. / Service-learning allowed me to learn and practice communication skills. / □ / □ / □ / □
27. / I had the opportunity to interact with someone from a different cultural, ethnic, educational, economic, or religious background through the service-learning project. / □ / □ / □ / □
28. / Service-learning in this course helped me to gain a greater understanding of the complexity of social issues. / □ / □ / □ / □

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