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Strengths and Weaknesses in U.S. Students' Knowledge and Skills: Analysis from the IEA Civic Education Study. CIRCLE Fact Sheet.
Torney-Purta, Judith; Barber, Carolyn Henry – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, 2004
Ways of enhancing knowledge of political institutions, processes and positions are the focus of many prescriptions for improving civic education and civic engagement among young people. A recent data source including a rigorously developed test of knowledge, provides an opportunity to empirically compare the performance of students in the United…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Citizenship Education, Civics, Secondary Education
Adolescents? Trust and Civic Participation in the United States: Analysis of Data from the IEA Civic Education Study. CIRCLE Fact Sheet.
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Torney-Purta, Judith; Richardson, Wendy Klandl; Barber, Carolyn Henry – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, 2004
What difference does a sense of trust in a political system, schools, or fellow citizens make for young people's civic and political participation? Some argue that a certain amount of skepticism among adult citizens motivates participation rather than complacency. Is that also true for young people? Or, is there a threshold level of trust…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Young Adults, Citizen Participation, Student Attitudes
Trust in Government-Related Institutions and Civic Engagement among Adolescents: Analysis of Five Countries from the IEA Civic Education Study. CIRCLE Working Paper 17.
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Torney-Purta, Judith; Richardson, Wendy Klandl; Barber, Carolyn Henry – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, 2004
The purpose of this paper is to examine different facets of trust in the political system or civic realm and how they are correlated to the expected civic or political engagement of young people. The nature and effects of trust in social and political institutions have been studied in adults, distinguishing between various types of trust (in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trust (Psychology), Citizen Participation, Early Adolescents