The Rising Stars Program: Applied Research through Service-Learning

Gill Strait, Ph.D., Eric Ryan Lee, & Michelle Cebada Sencion

How did a single conversation motivate me to give up Saint Croix?

Motivational Interviewing30 years

Goals/ValuesEvaluate Current Behavior

Dependent Variable Estimate SE t Ratio

Math

Intercept: comparison M 82.65 5.52 **14.96

Treatment 2.84 1.13 *2.53

Overall Grades

Intercept: comparison M 86.76 3.27 *26.53

Treatment 2.22 0.74 *3.01

(Strait et al., 2012)

3 personal realizations

ASU’s Rising Stars Program (RSP)

Develop Research questions:

Motivational Interviewing

Service-learning partnership: Nettleton

Public Schools

Developed Service Learning Class/Recruit

Undergrads:Fall 2013

Teach and train undergrads:

13 UndergraduatesSpring 2014

Randomized-Controlled Trial (pre and post):

Tx = 41, Control = 46

Data-based decisions:In Progress

Win-Win-Win

Eric Ryan Lee (video)Michelle Cebada

We are just getting started….