The Role of Subjective Task Value in Service-Learning Engagement among Chinese College Students.

ABSTRACT: Most service-learning studies in higher education focused on its effects on students' development. The dynamic processes and mechanisms of students' development during service-learning, however, have not been explored thoroughly. Student engagement in service-learning may affect service-learning outcomes and be affected by subjective task value at the same time. The present study aimed to explore the effect of subjective task value on Chinese college student engagement during service-learning. Fifty-four Chinese college students participated in a 9-weeks service-learning program of interacting with children with special needs. Students' engagement and subjective task value were assessed via self-report questionnaires and 433 weekly reflective journals. The results indicated that the cognit

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4917539 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature