Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ551252
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
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Teaching Historical Thinking in the Social Studies Methods Course: A Case Study.
Wilson, Elizabeth K.; Yeager, Elizabeth Anne
Social Studies, v88 n3 p121-26 May-Jun 1997
Examines a social studies methods course where preservice teachers explored ways to use a variety of materials and sources to engage middle and high school students in higher order thinking about social studies content, especially with regard to historical thinking. Discusses students' responses. (MJP)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Course Organization, Education Courses, Educational Improvement, High Schools, Higher Education, Historiography, Instructional Effectiveness, Junior High Schools, Methods Courses, Methods Research, Middle Schools, Preservice Teacher Education, Social Studies, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Qualifications, Teaching Methods, Teaching Skills, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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