| Controversy in the classroom: The democratic power of discussion DE Hess Routledge, 2009 | 2176 | 2009 |
| The political classroom: Evidence and ethics in democratic education DE Hess, P McAvoy Routledge, 2014 | 1341 | 2014 |
| Discussing controversial public issues in secondary social studies classrooms: Learning from skilled teachers DE Hess Theory & Research in Social Education 30 (1), 10-41, 2002 | 582 | 2002 |
| Teaching with and for discussion WC Parker, D Hess Teaching and teacher education 17 (3), 273-289, 2001 | 549 | 2001 |
| Controversies about controversial issues in democratic education DE Hess PS: Political Science & Politics 37 (2), 257-261, 2004 | 492 | 2004 |
| Classroom deliberation in an era of political polarization P McAvoy, D Hess Curriculum Inquiry 43 (1), 14-47, 2013 | 400 | 2013 |
| How high school students experience and learn from the discussion of controversial public issues. D Hess, J Posselt Journal of Curriculum & Supervision 17 (4), 2002 | 330 | 2002 |
| Controversial issues and democratic discourse D Hess Handbook of Research in Social Studies Education/Routledge, 2008 | 285 | 2008 |
| How do teachers’ political views influence teaching about controversial issues D Hess Social Education 69 (1), 47-48, 2005 | 261 | 2005 |
| Discussion in social studies: Is it worth the trouble? DE Hess Social education 68 (2), 151-157, 2004 | 235 | 2004 |
| Teaching and learning about controversial issues and topics in the social studies: A review of the research LC Ho, P McAvoy, D Hess, B Gibbs The Wiley handbook of social studies research, 319-335, 2017 | 202 | 2017 |
| Discussion of controversial issues as a form and goal of democratic education D Hess, P Avery The SAGE handbook of education for citizenship and democracy, 506-518, 2008 | 159 | 2008 |
| Communication and education: Creating competence for socialization into public life. J McLEOD, D Shah, D Hess, NJ Lee John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010 | 98 | 2010 |
| Discussions That Drive Democracy. D Hess Educational Leadership 69 (1), 69-73, 2011 | 78 | 2011 |
| Moving beyond Celebration: Challenging Curricular Orthodoxy in the Teaching of Brown and Its Legacies DE Hess Teachers College Record 107 (9), 2046-2067, 2005 | 78 | 2005 |
| From banished to brother outsider, miss navajo to an inconvenient truth: Documentary films as perspective-laden narratives D Hess Social Education 71 (4), 194, 2007 | 75 | 2007 |
| 9/11 and terrorism:" The ultimate teachable moment" in textbooks and supplemental curricula D Hess, J Stoddard Social Education 71 (5), 231, 2007 | 73 | 2007 |
| Teaching students to discuss controversial public issues D Hess ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education, Indiana …, 2001 | 72 | 2001 |
| Putting politics where it belongs: In the classroom D Hess, L Gatti New Directions for Higher Education 2010 (152), 19-26, 2010 | 71 | 2010 |
| Patriotism and ideological diversity in the classroom D Hess, L Ganzler Pledging allegiance: The politics of patriotism in America’s schools, 131-138, 2007 | 71 | 2007 |