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Lopez, Mark Hugo; Elrod, Brent A. – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), University of Maryland, 2006
Previous research on differences in civic engagement between young people with some college experience and those without suggests that college attendance is positively associated with some measures of civic engagement. This Fact Sheet presents new evidence, but largely supporting the findings of other researchers, on the correlation between a wide…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Citizen Participation, Young Adults, Elections
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Klein, Joseph – Educational Research, 2004
The disparities between the scholastic achievements of girls and boys have been attributed to biological and sociological factors. The present study investigated the validity of these explanations in a multi-variable situation similar to field conditions. Achievement scores of 3446 pupils in the 5th through 11th grades, half girls and half boys,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Gender Differences, Class Size, Academic Achievement