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Teacher major/minor

 GRADE 4
GRADE 8

As part of the civics assessment, teachers of eighth-grade students were asked the following question about their undergraduate studies. Below is the full text of the question and the percentage of students whose teachers responded within each category.

Did you have a major, minor, or special emphasis in any of the following subjects as part of your undergraduate coursework?

  Percentage of students
Subject Major Minor/special emphasis No
History or history education 40 27 32
Political science 11 19 70
General social science or social studies education 19 25 55

Other social science (for example, economics, sociology, psychology, anthropology)

14 25 61
Education (including elementary or early childhood) 43 19 38


As part of the civics assessment, teachers of eighth-grade students were asked the following question about their graduate studies. Below is the full text of the question and the percentage of students whose teachers responded within each category.

Did you have a major, minor, or special emphasis in any of the following subjects as part of your graduate coursework?

  Percentage of students
Subject Major Minor/special emphasis No
History or history education 13 14 74
Political science 2 5 93
General social science or social studies education 9 11 80

Other social science (for example, economics, sociology, psychology, anthropology)

6 7 87
Education (including elementary or early childhood) 47 9 45

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# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2006 Civics Assessment.

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