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"Judith Torney-Purta"
Total number of Library Resources: 7
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Improving Textbooks as a Way to Foster Civic Understanding and Engagement
(2007)
Efforts to improve civic education, such as the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, face a conundrum. On the one hand,...
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Assessing School Citizenship Education Climate: Implications for the Social Studies
(2006)
This paper presents the School Citizenship Education Climate Assessment and examines its implications for the social studies....
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Strengths and Weaknesses in U.S. Students' Knowledge and Skills: Analysis from the IEA Civic Education Study
(2004)
This is based on IEA data. Reports American student performance on knowledge measures in relation to the international mean,...
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Adolescents' Trust and Civic Participation in the United States: Analysis of Data from the IEA Civic Education Study
(2004)
Based on data from the IEA Civic Education study. Compares American youth's levels of trust with that of youth from four...
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Developing Citizenship Competencies from Kindergarten through Grade 12: A Background Paper for Policymakers and Educators
(2004)
Representative at the school, district and state levels, as well as scholars and researchers, have been working with the...
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Cross-National Analysis of Political and Civic Involvement Among Adolescents, (A)
(2003)
A study was conducted to examine patterns of civic and political involvement developed during political socialization and...
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Social Problem Solving, Critical Thinking and Political Socialization in Adolescents
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Torney-Purta defines political socialization and critical thinking, especially as they are developed during the middle school...