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Direct linkMontgomery, Sarah E.; Christie, Erica M.; Staudt, Jessica – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2014
Biography is a popular approach to history education in the younger grades, especially when teaching units of study during Women's History Month, which is March. A biography-centered approach, however, can be problematic when such lessons are not tied to any context, promoting the misconception that individuals create social change in isolation.…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Females, History, Biographies
Download full textKrueger, Karla Steege; Donham, Jean – School Library Research, 2013
Rural schools in high-poverty areas are often understaffed. This descriptive phenomenological study examined fourth-grade state research projects in high-poverty rural Iowa schools to reveal the influence of school librarians' staffing levels on student learning of research skills. To determine evidence of students' critical literacy, ethical use…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Student Research, Grade 4, Poverty Areas
Fine, Carole S.; Friedman, Lawrence B. – 1991
This report is the result of an independent evaluation of a project conducted during the 1990-91 school year with 56 teachers and over 1,800 students from 28 elementary schools in Iowa. The goals of the project were to demonstrate the effectiveness of new technology to improve science and geography instruction at the elementary level; train…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Educational Technology
