"They Still Use Some of Their Past": Historical Salience in Elementary Children's Chronological Thinking.

Levstik, Linda S.; Barton, Keith C.

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ERIC Number: EJ543756

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Publication Date: 1996

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"They Still Use Some of Their Past": Historical Salience in Elementary Children's Chronological Thinking.

Levstik, Linda S.; Barton, Keith C.

Journal of Curriculum Studies, v28 n5 p531-76 Sep-Oct 1996

Reports on the results of an experiment testing 58 elementary school students tasked with chronologically ordering a set of nine historical pictures and thinking aloud about their efforts. Provides increased evidence regarding the kind and sources of children's historical knowledge and how they deploy that knowledge. (MJP)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education, Fundamental Concepts, History, History Instruction, Intellectual Development, Knowledge Level, Material Culture, Photographs, Popular Culture, Social Studies, Thinking Skills, Time Perspective, Visual Literacy

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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