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Okolo, Cynthia M.; Englert, Carol Sue; Bouck, Emily C.; Heutsche, Anne; Wang, Hequn – Remedial and Special Education, 2011
History is an important but often overlooked content area for all students in this current era of accountability. Yet instruction in history can help students become problem solvers and learn to make interpretations from multiple perspectives. This article reports the results of a pilot study examining history learning across three groups of…
Descriptors: History, History Instruction, Mild Disabilities, Museums
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Sundberg, Sara Brooks – History Teacher, 2006
This paper explores whether or not the simple addition of essay questions in examinations increased the learning of the sort normally tested by objective questions alone. Thirteen sections of a "United States History to 1877" class comprised the study group. The experimental group, consisting of nine sections, wrote essay questions on…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Scores, Control Groups, United States History