Traditional Teaching Experienced

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Traditional Teaching Experienced in the Civics

The other scale used to examine the type of civic education experienced was a five-item scale of traditional teaching experienced in the civics, history, or social studies classroom. The items for the traditional scale are

• Teachers lecture and the students take notes.
• Teachers place great importance on learning facts ordates when presenting history or political events.
• Teachers require students to memorize dates ordefinitions.
• Memorizing dates and facts is the best way to get a good grade from teachers in these classes.
• Students work on material from the textbook. (page 17)

Paths to 21st Century Competencies Through Civic Education Classrooms.

(An Analysis of Survey Results from Ninth-Graders, Technical Assistance Bulletin)

Judith Torney Purta and Britt S. Wilkenfeld

Department of Human Development University of Maryland.

A report commissioned by the American Bar Association Division for Public Education and Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools Consortium, 2009.