Modeling Civic Community-Building Through Active-Learning Strategies: Facilitating Political Engagement Among Introduction to American Politics Students.

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Brief Overview

Based on analyses of original quasi-experimental research, this paper studies the impact of classroom model community building in facilitating civic engagement among first-year university students.

Authors

• Scott Jeremy Spitzer, California State University-Fullerton

• Lori M. Weber, California State University-Chico