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Direct linkBixby, Janet S., Ed.; Pace, Judith L., Ed. – SUNY Press, 2008
This book offers a groundbreaking examination of citizenship education programs that serve contemporary youth in schools and communities across the United States. These programs include social studies classes and curricula, school governance, and community-based education efforts. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to exploring the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Social Studies, Governance, Community Education
Peer reviewedSidelnick, Daniel J. – Journal of Social Studies Research, 1987
Investigated the influence of gender, ability, and grade level on the political attitudes of ninth and twelfth grade students. Among the conclusions were that low ability subjects are less likely to support fundamental freedoms and that females have greater respect for law and law officials. (GEA)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Citizenship, Democracy, Dogmatism
Download full textJohnson, Carol; Vanneman, Alan – NAEPfacts, 2001
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 1998 Civics Assessment measured students' knowledge, their intellectual and participatory skills, and their civic dispositions at the 12th-grade level. This publication describes 12th graders performance on 38 questions from the 12th-grade assessment. Thirty-one of the thirty-eight questions…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civics, Grade 12
Dynneson, Thomas L.; And Others – 1989
As a means of investigating the current status of citizenship education in the schools, this exploratory study was designed to study graduating high school seniors' perceptions of their citizenship experiences. A questionnaire was distributed to four schools in Texas, Minnesota, California, and Arkansas and data were analyzed using Boos's…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Data Interpretation, Developmental Stages
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1993
Beginning in February 1994, twelfth-grade students who have passed the Ohio Ninth-grade Proficiency Tests in all areas will take the Twelfth-grade Proficiency Tests in writing, reading, mathematics, and citizenship. This fact sheet describes the Twelfth-grade Proficiency Test in citizenship. The test is designed to measure a twelfth-grade level of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Citizenship, Citizenship Responsibility, Critical Thinking
Harvard Civil Rights Project, Cambridge, MA. – 2002
This study examined the experiences of twelfth graders at a racially and ethnically diverse Massachusetts high school, surveying high school seniors regarding their experiences with and attitudes toward diversity. The surveys asked about how students experienced diversity in the curriculum, in classroom discussions, and in working with peers from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Citizenship, Consciousness Raising
Niemi, Richard G.; Junn, Jane – 1998
This book takes a look at what U.S. high school seniors know about government and politics and how they learn about it. Secondary school civics courses enhance students' civic knowledge. The book is based on the 1988 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the most extensive assessment to date of civic knowledge among youth. The depth…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civics
