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Project Citizen Research Report and Key Findings

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Research Focus

  • Civic Knowledge
  • Civic Dispositions
  • Civic Skills
  • Civic Engagement
  • Civic-Related SEL Competencies
  • STEM

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COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Cohort 1 (2020-2021)
    • Virtual Professional Development
    • 69% Virtual
    • 28% Virtual and In-Person
    • 3% In-person
  • Cohort 2 (2021-2022)
    • 36% Entirely In-Person
    • 64% Virtual for part of the time
  • Cohort 3 (2022-2023)
    • All In-Person
    • Short Periods of Virtual Instructional Continuity

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Sample �Three Year Total

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Schools

Teachers

Middle School Students

High School Students

Recruited

210

237

3,188

3,393

Retained

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180

196

2,590

2,785

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Teachers’ Civic Knowledge

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Middle School Civic Knowledge

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High School Civic Knowledge

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Project Citizen Teachers Emphasizing �Civic Dispositions

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Students’ Sense of Civic Responsibility

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Teachers Effective Encouraging Voting

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Students Voting a Priority

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Students’ Interest in Government Service

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Project Citizen Teachers Emphasizing �Civic Skills

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Students’ Civic Skills

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Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Related to SEL

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Students’ Civic Expression Skills

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Kathryn Hartzell

Arjun Chawla

Jonathan A. Hanna

Molly May

Charlotte Kraenzle Peña

Sebastian Sawhney

M. Bradlee Sutherland

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