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Nancy Blank

Publications -  9
Citations -  105

Nancy Blank is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Service-learning & Experiential learning. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications receiving 88 citations.

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Lessons Learned from Experiential Learning: What Do Students Learn from a Practicum/Internship?.

TL;DR: In this paper, a multi-method approach was used in a pilot assessment of student learning outcomes for 38 students enrolled in an undergraduate psychology practicum/internship program and the results from a pretest-posttest survey revealed that students improved their multicultural skills from the beginning to the end of the program.
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The Application of Racial Identity Development in Academic-Based Service Learning.

TL;DR: In this paper, a grounded theory approach was conducted to identify common themes from reflections of 19 students enrolled in a semester-long diversity service-learning course, and the results indicated that students reformulate attitudes about racism and institutional discrimination through their own racial identity development from the beginning to the end of the semester.
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Differences in Student Learning Outcomes that Utilize High Impact Practices

TL;DR: The authors compared student learning outcomes for 1,500 students enrolled in psychology courses that utilize academic and cultural-based service learning and experiential learning (i.e., internships) as primary pedagogical methods.
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A Comparative Analysis of Experiential Education and Student Development: Does the Type of Service Matter?

TL;DR: A comparative analysis of student attitudes and skills among student interns, academic-basedservice-learners, and cultural-based servicelearners was conducted by as discussed by the authors, who found that by the end of the term student interns had higher multicultural awareness and intercultural relationship scores andlower racial and civic attitude scores than did cultural-base service-learner.
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A Multidisciplinary Assessment of "Chesteropoly" as an Academic-Service Experience.

TL;DR: Chesteropoly as discussed by the authors is a board game designed to educate high-school students about their community, Chester, PA. The game was developed by students in an educational-psychology independent-study class.