Browsing by Author "Weiss, Anne"

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    Curricular Engagement Report: Academic Year 2017
    (2017-11-01) Norris, Kristin; Weiss, Anne
    IUPUI has a history of counting service-learning (2000-2012) and community-based learning courses (2103-2016). The information is used for school- and campus-level reporting (e.g., Chancellor’s Report to the Community, Curricular Engagement Report to the Deans), award applications (e.g., Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement), and key data points for the campus and leadership communications. This report contains the methodology and findings for "counting courses" for the AY17.
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    Evaluating Digital Stories as Authentic Evidence of Civic-Mindedness
    (Center for Service & Learning, IUPUI, 2014-12) Hahn, Thomas W.; Norris, Kristin E.; Weiss, Anne
    Using the Civic-Minded Graduate and the Association of American Colleges & Universities VALUE Rubric, digital stories created by recipients of co-curricular service-based scholarship programs were analyzed to document authentic evidence of civic-mindedness. The findings indicate that: * Digital stories are an effective tool to capture evidence of civic learning. * Students showed high levels of civic identity on both rubrics. * The research increased understanding of the similarities and differences in terms of how the two rubrics measure civic learning and capture variance in civic-mindedness.
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    WE ALL HAVE TO DO IT: PURPOSE AND PROCESS OF LITERATURE REVIEW
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2014-04-11) Lafata, Deborah; Weiss, Anne; Thelin, Rachel; Suess Kennedy, Sheila
    The Center for Civic Literacy (CCL) at IUPUI is a Signature Center Grant recipient. CCL is a multi-disciplinary research center established to examine the causes and dimensions of Americans’ low levels of civic knowledge, and to investigate the consequences of personal, social, and political civic ignorance. CCL takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the causes and effects of deficits in civic literacy, while also examining best practices that combat civic deficits across sectors of society, including public affairs, science, education, business, and healthcare. To further understand the nature of civic deficits, CCL must first define ‘civic literacy’ across these varied disciplinary contexts. This process requires thorough review and assessment of existing research that addresses various aspects of civic knowledge. CCL’s poster will showcase the purpose, challenges, and lessons learned from engaging in an iterative process of a multi-disciplinary literature review. An additional goal of presenting CCL’s literature review approach is to encourage attendees to consider how researchers frame, refine, and rework their understanding of a particular topic to strengthen their research objectives.