Judith Torney-Purta

Research.com Recognitions

• 2009 - APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology
• 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
• 1991 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Best Publications

• Citizenship and Education in Twenty-Eight Countries: Civic Knowledge and Engagement at Age Fourteen.

  Judith Torney-Purta;Rainer Lehmann;Hans Oswald;Wolfram Schulz

  1263
  Citations

• Civic Education across Countries: Twenty-four National Case Studies from the IEA Civic Education Project.

  Judith Torney-Purta;John Schwille;Jo-Ann Amadeo

  886
  Citations

• The school's role in developing civic engagement: A study of adolescents in twenty-eight countries.

  Judith Torney-Purta

  795
  Citations

• Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement in Youth

  Lonnie R. Sherrod;Judith Torney-Purta;Constance A. Flanagan

  443
  Citations

• Modeling Epistemic and Ontological Cognition: Philosophical Perspectives and Methodological Directions

  Jeffrey A. Greene;Roger A. Azevedo;Judith Torney-Purta

  400
  Citations

• Latino Adolescents’ Civic Development in the United States: Research Results from the IEA Civic Education Study

  Judith Torney-Purta;Carolyn H. Barber;Britt Wilkenfeld

  280
  Citations

• Civic education in ten countries : an empirical study

  Judith Torney-Purta;Abraham Naftali Oppenheim;Russell F. Farnen

  263
  Citations

• How Adolescents in 27 Countries Understand, Support, and Practice Human Rights

  Judith Torney-Purta;Britt Wilkenfeld;Carolyn Barber

  215
  Citations

• Trust in Government-related Institutions and Political Engagement among Adolescents in Six Countries

  Judith Torney-Purta;Carolyn Henry Barber;Wendy Klandl Richardson

  203
  Citations

• Promoting Political Competence and Engagement in College Students: An Empirical Study

  Elizabeth Beaumont;Anne Colby;Thomas Ehrlich;Judith Torney-Purta

  193
  Citations

• Empirical evidence regarding relations among a model of epistemic and ontological cognition, academic performance, and educational level.

  Jeffrey Alan Greene;Judith Torney-Purta;Roger Azevedo

  183
  Citations

• Changing Citizen Identity and the Rise of a Participatory Media Culture

  W. Lance Bennett;Deen Freelon;Chris Wells

  155
  Citations

• Patterns in the Civic Knowledge, Engagement, and Attitudes of European Adolescents: The IEA Civic Education Study

  Judith Torney-Purta

  153
  Citations

• Adolescents’ Political Socialization in Changing Contexts: An International Study in the Spirit of Nevitt Sanford

  Judith Torney-Purta

  136
  Citations

• A Cross-National Analysis of Political and Civic Involvement Among Adolescents

  Judith Torney-Purta;Jo-Ann Amadeo

  133
  Citations

• Participatory Niches for Emergent Citizenship in Early Adolescence: An International Perspective

  Judith Torney-Purta;Jo-Ann Amadeo

  119
  Citations

• Enhancing Citizenship Learning with International Comparative Research: Analyses of IEA Civic Education Datasets

  Ryan T Knowles;Judith Torney-Purta;Carolyn Barber

  116
  Citations

• Assessing Civic Competency and Engagement in Higher Education: Research Background, Frameworks, and Directions for Next‐Generation Assessment

  Judith Torney-Purta;Julio C. Cabrera;Katrina Crotts Roohr;Ou Lydia Liu

  112
  Citations

• Developing Citizenship Competencies from Kindergarten through Grade 12: A Background Paper for Policymakers and Educators

  Judith Torney-Purta;Susan Vermeer Lopez

  111
  Citations

• A Conceptual Framework and Multimethod Approach for Research on Political Socialization and Civic Engagement

  Judith Torney‐Purta;Jo‐Ann Amadeo;Molly W. Andolina

  99
  Citations

• Citizenship and education in twenty-eight countries : civic knowledge at age fourteen

  Judith Torney-Purta;Rainer Lehmann;Hans Oswald;Wolfram Schulz

  32
  Citations