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….