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ERIC Number: EJ426399
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0093-3104
Classroom Climate and Controversial Issues Discussions: A Five Nation Study.
Hahn, Carole L.; Tocci, Cynthia M.
Theory and Research in Social Education, v18 n4 p344-62 Fall 1990
Administered questionnaires to 1,459 secondary social studies students in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands to examine age, gender, and country differences in adolescents' perceptions of classroom climate. Studied relationships between political attitudes and perceived classroom climate and between the use of value analysis strategy in controversial issues discussion and students' political attitudes. (SLM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classroom Environment, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Political Attitudes, Questionnaires, Research Design, Secondary Education, Sex Differences, Social Studies, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Values, Values Clarification, Values Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Denmark; Netherlands; United Kingdom; United States; West Germany