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Using Elections as Teachable Moments

A randomized evaluation of 1,670 high-school students in 80 classrooms tested an election-based civics program and found gains in selected civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions, with limited transferability to an unspecified citywide adult workshop.

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Amy K. Syvertsen, Michael D. Stout, and Constance A. Flanagan, American Journal of Education 116(1), 2009.

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A randomized evaluation of 1,670 high-school students in 80 classrooms tested an election-based civics program and found gains in selected civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions, with limited transferability to an unspecified citywide adult workshop.

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