Measuring young people's understanding of civics and citizenship in a cross-national study

Educational Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 334-356

  Schulz, Wolfram ^a   Fraillon, Julian ^a   Ainley, John ^a  

^a Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

civic and citizenship education; comparative international research; educational measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878121953     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2013.772776     Document Type: Article

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