A COMPENDIUM OF SCALES for use in the SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

Community-Based Organizations Supervisor Rating Scale
Developed by Ferrari and Worrall (2000), this nine-item survey assesses student fieldwork.
Community supervisors evaluate students’ fieldwork on two subscales, Service (i.e.,
appearance, site sensitivity) and Work Skills (i.e., attendance, punctuality). The Cronbach’s
alpha coefficient for Service Skills is .91 and for Work Skills is .87. Content validity was assessed
between supervisors’ written comments and survey ratings.
Measures of Faculty Perceptions of Service
Community Engaged Scholarship (CES)
Developed by Jameson, Jaeger, Clayton, and Bringle (2012), this 25-item self-report measure
assesses faculty knowledge of and skills in conducing community-engaged scholarship (i.e.,
skills for fostering community and social change, ability to collaborate with community
members in community capacity building endeavors). Cronbach alpha coefficients range from
.90 to .95.
Web-Based Faculty Service-Learning Beliefs Inventory (wFSLBI)
Developed by Hou (2010) to assess faculty perceptions of the benefits and barriers associated
with community-based service-learning, this measure yields scores on four subscales: (a) PROS-
CLS (Benefits Classroom) (i.e., service-learning enriches classroom discussions in my course); (b)
PROS-COM (Benefit Community) (i.e., the service my students completed was beneficial to the
community); (c) CONS-CLS (Barriers Classroom) (i.e., time constraints interfere with my ability
to teach a service-learning course); and (d) CONS-INST (Barriers Institution) (i.e., faculty
promotion and tenure policies do not support my service). Cronbach alpha coefficients range
from .65 to .91. Confirmatory factory analysis, item discriminant validity, and group
comparisons were also conducted to validate the measure.
Measures of Service Impacts on Students
Civic Attitudes Measures
Developed by Moely and Illustre (2011), this instrument assesses aspects of civic attitudes and
engagement on six individual scales: (a) The Valuing of Community Engagement and Service
(i.e., I enjoy engaging in community service); (b) Cultural Awareness (i.e., I think it is important
for a person to think about his/her racial identity); (c) Seeks Knowledge about Political/Societal
Issues (i.e., There is no point in paying attention to national politics); (d) Knowledge of New
Orleans Culture and Issues (i.e., I am able to describe communities of color in the New Orleans
area); (e) Knowledge of Current Events (i.e., I am well informed about current news events);
and (f) Cultural Skills (i.e., I find it difficult to relate to people from a different race or culture).
Cronbach alpha coefficients range from .77 to .90. A factor analysis was conducted with other
measures of civic attitudes and responsibility.
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