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Learning To Teach History Writing: Discovering What Works.
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Harris, Richard; Foreman-Peck, Lorraine – Educational Action Research, 2000
Describes an action research project designed to improve the examination performance of advanced-level history students who performed better at age 16 than at age 18. After a weakness in essay writing was found, a teaching strategy for improving essay writing was developed. The action plan drew on the ideas of phenomenography. Students taught in…
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