Incorporating service learning into college fitness classes
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The purpose of this study was to examine the importance of all four components of the National Community Service and Trust Act’s definition of service learning, to assess the effects of service learning pedagogy on college students, and to further the research of service learning. More specifically, this study focused on how civic responsibility is affected by the inclusion of the other three components of the service learning definition (community service project, academic curriculum, and reflection). Factors such as gender, ethnicity and class were also investigated in the study.
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