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Direct linkHoffman, August John; Morales Knight, Luis F.; Wallach, Julie – Urban Education, 2007
Numerous articles have been written about the impact of community-based work and self-esteem, self-efficacy, and gardening in an educational environment. Empirical data suggest that when students have become involved in a group effort designed to improve a school, community, or society, a sense of interdependency and loyalty to that institution…
Descriptors: Students, Gardening, Self Efficacy, Community Colleges
Hoffman, August John; Wallach, Julie – Community College Enterprise, 2005
The current study evaluates whether a mentoring program can increase self-esteem and internal locus of control in underrepresented community college students. The primary goal of the mentoring program was to facilitate Compton Community College (CCC) students' successful transfer to a four-year university by fostering relationships with mentors…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Mentors, Community Colleges, Self Esteem
