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(Last Updated: July 17, 2006)

 
Civic Education

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Project Title

Lawrence Bailis, Center for Youth Development, Brandeis University " Research Strategies to Promote Adoption and Institutionalization of Civic Education Programs"
Jen Beck and Katina Paron, Children's Press Line “Energizing Civic Education Through Youth Media”

Marilyn Chambliss, Wendy Richardson, Judith Torney-Purta and Britt Wilkenfeld, University of Maryland College Park

"Opportunities to Raise Civic Understanding and Engagement by Improving Textbooks" (Fact Sheet)

Alberto Dávila and Marie T. Mora, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Texas – Pan American

“An Assessment of Civic Engagement and High School Academic Progress”
William Eveland Jr., School of Communication, The Ohio State University “The Long-Term Impact of a High School Civics Curriculum on Political Knowledge, Democratic Attitudes, and Civic Behaviors: A Multi-Level Model of Direct and Mediated Effects Through Communication"

Constance Flanagan, Department of Agriculture and Extension Education, Penn State University

“Measurement and Changes Over One Semester in High-School Students' Civic Skills, Knowledge, Dispositions, and Beliefs”
Diana E. Hess, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin, Madison “How Deliberating Controversial Issues in High School Courses Influences Civic Learning and Participation: A Continuation Proposal"
Joseph Kahne, Mills College

“A Longitudinal Examination of High School Students' Civic Learning Opportunities and Outcomes”

Michael McDevitt, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Colorado, Boulder

" Colors of Socialization: Pathways to Civic Identity in Red States and Blue States”

Reuben J. Thomas, Department of Sociology, Stanford University

“Bowling Young: Exploring the Link between the Associations of Youth and Citizenship in Adulthood”
Tim Vercellotti and Elizabeth C. Matto, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University “The Classroom-Kitchen Table Connection: The Effects of Political Discussion on Youth Knowledge and Efficacy”