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Peer reviewedVanSledright, Bruce; Brophy, Jere – American Educational Research Journal, 1992
Historical accounts by fourth graders at the beginning stage of learning history show that these young students lack an experience-based framework for grounding and connecting historical teaching. Implications for teaching history to elementary school students and aspects of children's reliance on imagination in constructing historical narratives…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, History Instruction
