Surveys

The Civic Engagement Research Group has a number of survey items that have been used in prior studies that are available for scholars to use. The survey items are organized by the study in which they were first used. Please use the included citations when using the survey items to indicate the source.

The Youth and Participatory Politics Panel Survey 

The Youth Participatory Politics Survey (YPP) is a nationally representative panel survey of young people in the United States. It was conducted between 2011 and 2015 and was designed to examine how youth from a variety of backgrounds participate in and experience public life, online and off. The following measures were used in this study:

  • Measure of Online Participatory Politics

  • Measure Friendship-Driven Online Activity

  • Measure of Interest-Driven Online Activity

  • Measure of Digital Engagement Learning Opportunities

  • Measure of Media literacy learning opportunities (focused on judging the credibility of content). 

  • Measure of Targeted Political Pressure


To access these measures, please click on this link.

 

The following citation can be used for these items:
Cohen, Cathy J., and Kahne, Joseph. Youth Participatory Politics Survey Project, United States, 2013 and 2015 Panel Data. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-12-03. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37188.v1

Measures from the “What Kind of Citizen?” Study 

Measures from the “What Kind of Citizen?” Study 

For the paper, “What Kind of Citizen: The Politics of Educating for Democracy”,
we used the following three main scales: 

  • Measure of Personally Responsible Citizenship

  • Measure of Participatory Citizenship

  • Measure of Justice Oriented Citizenship.  


To access these scales, please click on this link.



 

The following citation can be used for these scales:
Adapted from Westheimer, J. & Kahne, J. (2004). What Kind of Citizen? The Politics of Educating for Democracy American Educational Research Journal. Vol 41(2), Sum 2004, pp. 237-269

 

Teacher Interview Protocol from “Civic Education in a Politically Polarized Era”

The following teacher interview protocol was used in a study examining how teachers conceptualize civic education in an ideologically and racially diverse school district. Part 1 of the protocol was exploratory, with open-ended questions designed to elicit a descriptive account of teachers’ understanding, definitions, and beliefs about civics. Part 2 asks teachers to respond to two civic artifacts – including the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools’ “Six Proven Practices for Civic Learning” and a short classroom video -- and discuss which of the six proven practices were most important/most challenging for them, and if/how they could envision organizing a classroom lesson similar to that of the teacher in the video.

 

To access these measures, please click on this link.

 

The following citation can be used for this protocol: 
DiGiacomo, D., Hodgin, E., Kahne, J, & Trapp, S. (2021). Civic Education in a Politically Polarized Era. Peabody Journal of Education.