Identifying best practices in civic education: Lessons from the student voices program

American Journal of Education

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-100

  Feldman, Lauren ^a,b   Pasek, Josh ^b   Romer, Daniel ^a,c   Jamieson, Kathleen Hall ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Annenberg School for Communication   (United States)

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EID: 35348820799     PISSN: 01956744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520692     Document Type: Article

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