Service Learning
Bowdoin College Service-Learning Questionnaire
-- Bowdoin Faculty Form --
In efforts to make its service-learning program more effective and to begin tracking the impact of service learning on students, faculty and the community, the Community Service Resource Center would like to hear from you about the level of success you have had with your service-learning project this semester. Please fill out this form and submit it by clicking SUBMIT at the bottom of the form. If you have problems using or submitting this form, please contact Margaret Allen in the Office of Institutional Research. Thank you.
Faculty Name:
Course: Semester/Year: Fall 2004
Community Partner:
Briefly describe the service-learning project.
1. How would you describe the level of involvement of the service-learning project in this course?
central to the course
a major assignment in the course
a minor assignment in the course
an optional assignment in the course
2. What percentage of the course grade did the service-learning project carry?
30% or more
20%-29%
10%-19%
1%-9%
3. What type of service was provided? Indicate as many as are appropriate.
direct service
data collection
problem solving
research
other, please specify:
Click on the radio button along the continuum below that best represents how true the statement is for you.
| Strongly ___________ Strongly Agree Disagree |
Not Applicable |
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| Project Implementation | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 4. The project was well organized. | ||||||
| 5. The students could have been better prepared for working with the community partner. | ||||||
| 6. The community partner could have been better prepared for working with the students. | ||||||
| 7. The needs and goals of the community partner were communicated to me sufficiently. | ||||||
| 8. I had to adjust course material in order to accommodate the project. | ||||||
| 9. The project required more work than I had expected. | ||||||
| 10. I spent more class time on this project than I had originally intended. | ||||||
| 11. The project allowed students to apply what they learned in class to a real-life situation. | ||||||
| Strongly ___________ Strongly Agree Disagree |
Not Applicable |
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| Student Engagement and Learning | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 12. Students spent more time working on this project than other assignments in the course. | ||||||
| 13. Students were more engaged in this course than other courses I have taught. | ||||||
| 14. The project enhanced students’ understanding of the course material and objectives. | ||||||
| 15. The project made students think in ways they otherwise would not have thought. | ||||||
| 16. The project encouraged students to become more engaged in the course material. | ||||||
| 17. The project encouraged students to become more engaged in the community. | ||||||
| 18. The project helped to educate students about the difficulties of solving a problem. | ||||||
| 19. The project allowed students with non-traditional learning styles to succeed. | ||||||
| Strongly ___________ Strongly Agree Disagree |
Not Applicable |
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| Faculty Perception | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20. I would be willing to participate in another service-learning project in the future. | ||||||
| 21. It would be helpful to have assistance in implementing service-learning projects in the future. | ||||||
| 22. The project was connected to my research interests. | ||||||
| 23. The project has influenced my research interests. | ||||||
| 24. The project helped me to better understand needs within the community. | ||||||
25. IMPROVEMENT - Please briefly explain how you would like to see this project better organized or implemented. What are some of the lessons learned from doing this project?
26. APPLICABILITY TO YOUR TEACHING - Please briefly explain the ways in which you succeeded or had trouble in balancing the demands of the project with those of the course.
27. SUPPORT - What forms of support would assist you in incorporating service learning into future courses?
28. COMMUNITY PARTNER - Would you recommend using this community partner again in the future? Why or why not?
29. GENERAL COMMENTS - Please use this space to provide your thoughts about service learning that were not covered in this questionnaire or to elaborate on your response to a particular item on this questionnaire.
Please submit your survey response by clicking "SUBMIT" or clear the form by clicking "CLEAR."
