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Download full textComber, Melissa K. – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), University of Maryland, 2005
Civics courses are a source of civic skill development, yet not all American students receive civics instruction. This fact sheet reports evidence on the effect of civic education on the civic skill levels of young people. It uses "average treatment effects" to report the effects of studying various civics topics on civic skills. Civic…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Group Discussion, Young Adults, Communication Skills
Indiana Univ., Bloomington. Inst. of German Studies. – 1977
The document presents the text of two speeches and a group discussion of adult political education in the United States and Germany from a conference to compare recent social, economic, and political developments in the two countries. The first speech characterizes adult political education in Germany as comprising approximately 10% of the total…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Attitudes
