Civic education and students' knowledge -- What high school students know (and don't know) about civics -- How students learn about government : the exposure-selection model -- Exposure to learning : civic instruction -- Selection and retention -- What makes students learn -- The future of civic education -- Design of the 1988 NAEP civics assessment -- Public-release questions from the 1988 NAEP civics assessment -- Standard errors for chapters 2, 4, and 5 -- Student background questionnaire from the 1988 NAEP civics assessment -- Coding and distribution of variables used in the multivariate analysis and supplementary regression results
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200) and index
