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Blake, David W. – History Teacher, 1981
Compares the suitability of two kinds of history curricula for the varying levels of cognitive development of 9- to 11-year-olds. Fifteen British students studied the Victorian Era using transcripts of original documents, while 15 classmates used standard textbooks. The documents seemed to give students greater awareness of the evidence sources.…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Comparative Education, Elementary Education