Service Learning in a General Psychology Class: Description, Preliminary Evaluation, and Recommendations

In this article, I describe a service-learning project for an introductory psychology course. Thirty-two of 36 general psychology students chose service learning over an optional research project, and most students (over 80%) evaluated the experience favorably in terms of its impact on their learning and commitment to service. The discussion focuses on recommendations about issues ranging from the logistics of developing and managing a service-learning course to concerns inherent in placing students in community agencies.