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Improving Classroom Instruction: Understanding the Developmental Nature of Analyzing Primary Sources
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Dutt-Doner, Karen M.; Cook-Cottone, Catherine; Allen, Susan – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2007
Authentic and constructive learning experiences that include analysis of primary source documents are necessary elements of effective social studies teaching (Bailyn, 1994; Leinhardt, Stainton, & Virji, 1994; Wineburg & Wilson, 1991; Young & Leinhardt, 1998). This study examines the abilities of 70 fifth and seventh grade students to complete…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Grade 7, Thinking Skills, Classroom Environment
A Rhetorical and Structural Analysis of Instructional Television.
Salcedo, Anunciacion M. – 1985
The educational television series "Across Cultures" was evaluated to examine the effectiveness of the series and how the programs were structured to attain objectives. Designed to complement sixth- and seventh-grade social studies textbooks, the series on world cultures is composed of thirteen 15-minute programs about three widely…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Educational Television
Do Students Prefer Social Studies, Science, or English?
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Pahl, Ron H. – International Journal of Social Education, 1995
Reports on a study of students' preferences for social studies, English, and science courses among 888 secondary students. Finds that seventh graders preferred social studies over science, but this preference weakened substantially as students advanced into high school. Finds that boys preferred social studies over English throughout high school.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Selection (Students), English Curriculum, Grade 10
An Approach to the Problem of Student Passivity in Classroom Settings.
MacDonald, Judith B. – 1984
The verbal interaction between a laboratory school class of sixth/seventh grade students and their teacher during 18 social studies discussions was analyzed in order to identify teacher techniques relevant to student discourse and student passivity. Classroom discussions were taped, transcribed, and analyzed according to an adaptation of the…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Research
Strategy Instruction for Academically At-Risk Students: An Exploratory Study of Teaching "Higher-Order" Reading and Writing in the Social Studies.
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Thornburg, Devin G. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1991
A "cognitive apprenticeship" approach was evaluated with 58 high-risk grade 7 social studies students. The three teachers were trained to provide explicit instruction of higher order cognitive strategies through modeling, monitoring, and collaborative role-playing activities. Students' writing showed significant improvements and was judged similar…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Methods, Grade 7, High Risk Students
Struggling Readers and Content Area Text: Interactions with and Perceptions of Comprehension, Self, and Success
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Hall, Leigh A. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2005
This year-long case study examines how a struggling reader in a sixth-grade social studies class, a seventh grade mathematics class, and an eighth grade science class "transacted" with the reading task demands of her specific classroom. Through regular classroom observations and interviews, the researcher documents how each student responded to…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Social Studies, Science Education, Mathematics Education