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McIntosh, Hugh; Berman, Sheldon; Youniss, James – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2010
In September 2003, Hudson High School in Hudson, Massachusetts, launched two new civic development efforts--clustering and schoolwide governance--that provide an opportunity to study the influence of schoolwide democratic deliberation on students' civic knowledge and participation. The intervention involved, in part, organizing the school into…
Descriptors: Intervention, Citizenship Education, Grade 12, Citizen Participation
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Leviton, Laura C.; Hughes, Edward F. X. – Evaluation Review, 1981
The use of evaluations for policy and program development and change is critically reviewed. Existing conceptions of utilization are discussed and improvements in the methods of detecting use are suggested. Five clusters of variables affecting utilization are described and hypotheses about the reasons for their effects are outlined. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Definitions, Literature Reviews, Methods