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Hutchens, Myiah J.; Eveland, William P., Jr. – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2009
This report examines the effects of exposure to various elements of a civics curriculum on civic participation, two forms of political knowledge, internal political efficacy, political cynicism, news elaboration, discussion elaboration and various forms of interpersonal and mediated political communication behaviors. The data are based on a…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Citizenship Education, Citizen Participation, High School Students
Syvertsen, Amy K.; Flanagan, Constance A.; Stout, Michael D. – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2007
The power of civic education to elicit positive student outcomes has been empirically documented. However, the field is only now beginning to understand the causal processes that bring about these positive changes in young people. "The Civic Mission of Schools" report commissioned by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and CIRCLE (2003) lays out…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Rote Learning, Teaching Methods, Civics