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f munity needs, believed they could make a difference and were mitted to service now and later in life (Melchior, 1999。 Berkas, 1997) ? Developed more sophisticated understandings of sociohistorical contexts, were likely to think about politics and morality in society (Yates and Youniss, 1996。1998) Impact of Service Learning(SL) ? Impact on Academic Learning ? Showed moderate to strong positive gains on student achievement tests in language arts and/or reading, engagement in school, sense of educational acplishment and homework pletion (Weiler, et. al., 1998) ? Increased their grape point averages and test scores in reading/language arts and math and were less likely to drop out of school (Supik, 1996。 Rolzinski, 1990) Impact of Service Learning(SL) ? Impact on Schools ? Increase in mutual respect (Weiler, et. al., 1998) ? Builds cohesiveness and more positive peer relations among students, amon