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Direct linkMcMurray, Andrew J. – Education, 2011
This research examines the Vietnam War as a topic of study in the era of standardized curricula. Standards for teaching the Vietnam War, both state and national, are often ambiguous. They may, therefore, allow teachers to interject their own thoughts and biases into the classroom. To better understand what may actually inform one state's social…
Descriptors: War, Curriculum, Social Studies, Teacher Attitudes
Dan, Yongjun; Todd, Reese; Lan, William – Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to re-examine the consensus and difference in American students' understanding of national history, on which there were divergent research results. With three sets of questions that examined students' perspectives of the collective memory, historical significance, and credibility of historical sources, we found that…
Descriptors: United States History, History Instruction, Student Attitudes, Hispanic Americans
Daigle, Kay; Hebert, Edward; Humphries, Charlotte – Education, 2007
Background: Health is recognized as an important factor in children's educational achievement, and school-based health education programs are recognized for their potential long-term impact. However, the extent to which children conceptualize health similarly as adults, and the nature of their understandings of health, remain cloudy. Purpose:…
Descriptors: Program Design, Physical Education, Health Education, Day Camp Programs
Peer reviewedTaylor, Raymond G., Jr. – Education, 1982
Explores assumptions behind local control of public schools by elected boards of education, e.g., existence of personal choice, availability and use of information, power to intervene in school affairs and willingness to exercise that power, and ability to create stable environment in which organizational changes can be sustained. (AH)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Information Sources, Information Utilization, Interviews
Peer reviewedPearlman, Charles – Education, 1983
A Teacher Creativity Rating designed to indicate behavioral characteristics of the creative person, a Creativity Distribution designed to identify those who generated creative products, and a direct assessment assessed the creativity of 624 sixth-grade students. Results are discussed in the context of previous creativity research, creativity…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creativity Tests, Grade 6, Information Sources
Peer reviewedTremblay, Kenneth R. Jr.; Downey, Eleanor P. – Education, 2004
In educating students to understand research-based publications, an interactive approach was designed. Students were first instructed to identify and locate different sources that publish information produced from research. Then students were taught how to carefully evaluate the quality of these sources and the research reported. Classroom…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking, Undergraduate Students
