Class G

 A three credit hour course, Class G content revolved around principles of youth

development. Priority was given to physical, cognitive, social and emotional changes

between childhood and adulthood. Students were required to work in teams for the

purpose of participating in a service learning project. This project allowed students to

pick a childhood or teen group, identify curriculum needs and teach the curriculum to the

group. The course was required for majors and minors in family youth and community

science.

 The faculty member who taught Class G was a 35 year-old female. She had taught

five years in her current position at the University of Florida. This faculty member also

reported tutoring student athletes for eight years and two years of educational experience

as a cooperative extension agent. Instruments were administered and completed by

students during class time. Students were given extra-credit for participating in this study.

 Class G enrollment consisted of 110 students of which 85 agreed to participate.

Respondents in this course were 98.8% (n=84) full-time students. One (1.2%) student

was identified as being part-time. However, 11 respondents did not answer the question

specific to full-time status. Most of the respondents were female (81.2%, n=69) with

males making up 18.8% (n=16) of the class. Still, 11 respondents did not answer the

question regarding gender.

 There were 13 reported academic majors in Class G. Of these majors, 75.3%

(n=64) were family youth and consumer science and 10.6% (n=9) were psychology.

None of the other academic majors totaled more than 3% (n=2) respondents. Again, 11

students did not answer the question regarding academic major.