1.5 HYPOTHESIS
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Chapter 3
Methodology
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the relevance of reflection as a comprehensive
link between service and cognitive learning in higher education.
Participants
Participants of this study were 20 Utah Valley University...
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meet a community need, build leadership skills, enhance their resume, a calling or duty and to
feel good about themselves. Table 1 shows the findings for this question – motivations to serve.
Table 1
Coding Motivations to Serve
Category...
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The researcher found it interesting that male responses generally focused around the
themes of physical skills that they had which could best benefit the service site such as
construction, building, lifting, etc. as seen in Table 2.
Table...
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topic of reflection to the interviews. The responses were varied. The researcher was happy to
find that the service was productive, true to the students’ academic goals and that the majority of
the sites or classes for which the participants...
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Findings.
A total of 1,185 participants took the survey. After eliminating all potential
respondents who completed less than 85% of the survey and those that didn‘t meet the
residency and age restrictions, 973 of the received surveys were...
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not suggesting the requirement of service as part of graduation, the insights from these questions
will be discussed in detail including suggestions for service professionals in Chapter Five.
Quantitative Analysis
Most of the survey that was...
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This shows that the students are most motivated by factors that influence the community
and then self-serving factors. It is interesting to note that the male participants were most
interested in gaining leadership skills while the female...
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The final question asked of the student participants as part of the study was what they feel
their level of learning was with regard to their service experience. These results can be found in
Table 9 below.
Table 9
Level of learning with regard...
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sites? Here again, important factors for practical use is evident ranging from potential for
impact, the type of project suited to the audience and match of skill with the project. The male
participants tended to chose sites where they felt that...
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Kindergarten Teacher Questionnaire
Six months into the school year, 26 kindergarten teachers in a local school district
completed a questionnaire that asked specific questions pertaining to the amount of time and
resources they allocated to...
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style scores were significantly higher than the class’s scores in other areas. Male students’
musical/rhythmic learning style scores were not significantly higher than in other areas. Male
students’ musical/rhythmic learning style scores...
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mathematical/logical, bodily/kinesthetic, and musical/rhythmic learning style scores were
significantly higher than in other areas. Female students’ mathematical/logical,
bodily/kinesthetic, and musical/rhythmic learning style scores were...
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scores were not significantly higher than in other areas. Female students’ bodily/kinesthetic and
interpersonal learning style scores were significantly higher than the class’s scores in other areas.
Table 4.6 May’s comparison of the...