NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ513709
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1042-1726
Teaching Students to Think Like Historians--The Great American History Machine.
Miller, David W.
Journal of Computing in Higher Education, v7 n1 p33-43 Fall 1995
Computer software designed to help college students of history think like historians is described. The software enables students to search for patterns in large bodies of evidence using interactive access, through a map interface, to historical county-level United States census data. The software and a history course in which the software has been used are described. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Educational Technology, Higher Education, Historiography, History Instruction, Maps, Online Systems
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: N/A