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Easton, Stanley E. – Small School Forum, 1985
Children and youth in rural American communities generally learn social studies/citizenship knowledge, skills, and attitudes from a variety of sources and to about the same extent as their nonrural counterparts. Although rural schools as a class are well within the educational mainstream, learning opportunities in rural schools vary widely. (BRR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Reviews
Download full textEaston, Stanley E.; Ellerbruch, Lawrence W. – 1985
Data provided by the 1981-82 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) were used to study the citizenship and social studies achievement of rural 13-year-olds. The NAEP extreme rural sample included 901 13-year-olds from schools in areas with less than 10,000 people and many farmers or farm workers in residence. School size in this sample…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Adolescents, Citizenship Education, Comparative Testing
