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The Assessment and Characterization of Young Learners' Knowledge of a Topic in History.
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McKeown, Margaret G.; Beck, Isabel L. – American Educational Research Journal, 1990
The knowledge that 35 fifth graders and 37 sixth graders had about a historical period was characterized by focusing on the fifth graders before they studied the Revolutionary War, and sixth graders 1 year after they studied the topic. Students' knowledge before and after instruction included simple associations and lacked connected structures.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students, Grade 5