What Do Pupils Learn from Voting Advice Applications in Civic Education Classes? Effects of a Digital Intervention Using Voting Advice Applications on Students’ Political Dispositions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. State of Research
2.1. Empirical Research on the Effect of Voting Advice Applications
2.2. Empirical-Quantitative Research in Political Didactics on (Digital) Interventions in Civic Education
3. Study Design
3.1. Sample
3.2. Didactic Intervention
3.3. Measurement Instruments
4. Analysis
4.1. Descriptive Findings of the Pre- and Post-Survey
4.2. Regression Analysis Explaining the Change in Willingness to Vote
5. Discussion, Implications and Limitations
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Model 1 | |
---|---|
(Intercept) | −2.00 *** |
(0.27) | |
Male | −0.03 |
(0.04) | |
Age | 0.01 |
(0.07) | |
Non-Gymnasium | 0.12 ** |
(0.05) | |
Campaign interest | 0.38 *** |
(0.05) | |
Internal efficacy | 0.19 *** |
(0.04) | |
External efficacy | 0.03 |
(0.04) | |
Subjective knowledge | 0.13 * |
(0.05) | |
Objective knowledge | 0.14 *** |
(0.03) | |
Evaluation | −0.07 |
(0.04) | |
Subjective learning effects | −0.00 |
(0.04) | |
N | 1035 |
R2 adj. | 0.14 |
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Construct | M Pretest (SD) | M Posttest (SD) | Cohen’s d 1 | t-Test | Scale |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internal efficacy | 2.51 (0.68) | 2.95 (0.55) | 0.64 | 21.95 *** | 1 to 4 |
External efficacy | 1.66 (0.78) | 1.91 (0.70) | 0.34 | 11.48 *** | |
Campaign interest | 3.88 (1.64) | 4.72 (1.56) | 0.79 | 27.04 *** | 1 to 8 |
Subjective knowledge | 3.28 (1.44) | 5.00 (1.37) | 1.40 | 47.91 *** | |
Objective knowledge | 2.74 (1.17) | 3.60 (1.07) | 0.67 | 22.31 *** | 1 to 5 |
Willingness to vote | 3.92 (1.16) | 4.29 (0.93) | 0.49 | 16.76 *** | |
Evaluation | 3.22 (0.56) | 1 to 4 | |||
Subjective learning effect | 3.14 (0.55) |
WTV Low | WTV Moderate | WTV High | |
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N | 173 | 206 | 808 |
Socio-demographic characteristics | |||
Male 3 (N/%) | 80 (46.2%) | 95 (46.1%) | 343 (42.5%) |
Age (M/SD) | 16.75 (2.87) | 16.22 (2.08) | 16.63 (3.17) |
Gymnasium 3 (N/%) | 75 (43.4%) | 120 (58.3%) | 479 (59.3%) |
Dispositions 1 | |||
WTV Pre | 1.75 (0.44) | 3.00 (0.50) | 4.62 (0.49) |
WTV Post | 2.96 (1.07) | 3.79 (0.67) | 4.71 (0.54) |
Cohen’s d 2 | 1.20 | 1.17 | 0.17 |
Objective knowledge Pre | 2.27 (1.12) | 2.49 (1.23) | 2.90 (1.13) |
Objective knowledge Post | 3.44 (1.13) | 3.49 (1.08) | 3.66 (1.05) |
Cohen’s d 2 | 0.87 | 0.79 | 0.61 |
Internal efficacy Pre | 2.17 (0.77) | 2.38 (0.58) | 2.61 (0.55) |
Internal efficacy Post | 2.82 (0.68) | 2.84 (0.50) | 3.01 (0.52) |
Cohen’s d 2 | 0.76 | 0.68 | 0.61 |
External efficacy Pre | 1.46 (0.88) | 1.61 (0.78) | 1.72 (0.75) |
External efficacy Post | 1.76 (0.71) | 1.91 (0.69) | 1.94 (0.70) |
Cohen’s d 2 | 0.34 | 0.40 | 0.32 |
Subjective knowledge Pre | 2.33 (1.17) | 2.78 (1.14) | 3.61 (1.43) |
Subjective knowledge Post | 4.20 (1.34) | 4.62 (1.25) | 5.26 (1.32) |
Cohen’s d 2 | 1.45 | 1.47 | 1.37 |
Campaign interest Pre | 2.44 (1.36) | 3.23 (1.28) | 4.36 (1.54) |
Campaign interest Post | 3.61 (1.56) | 4.22 (1.38) | 5.08 (1.44) |
Cohen’s d 2 | 0.94 | 0.93 | 0.72 |
Satisfaction | 3.00 (0.63) | 3.14 (0.48) | 3.29 (0.54) |
Subjective learning effects | 2.88 (0.69) | 3.06 (0.51) | 3.22 (0.50) |
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Waldvogel, T.; Oberle, M.; Leunig, J. What Do Pupils Learn from Voting Advice Applications in Civic Education Classes? Effects of a Digital Intervention Using Voting Advice Applications on Students’ Political Dispositions. Soc. Sci. 2023, 12, 621. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12110621
Waldvogel T, Oberle M, Leunig J. What Do Pupils Learn from Voting Advice Applications in Civic Education Classes? Effects of a Digital Intervention Using Voting Advice Applications on Students’ Political Dispositions. Social Sciences. 2023; 12(11):621. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12110621
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APA StyleWaldvogel, T., Oberle, M., & Leunig, J. (2023). What Do Pupils Learn from Voting Advice Applications in Civic Education Classes? Effects of a Digital Intervention Using Voting Advice Applications on Students’ Political Dispositions. Social Sciences, 12(11), 621. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12110621