ERIC Number: EJ751172
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Mar
Pages: 4
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
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Divide and Conquer: Detecting Patterns that Explain the Big Picture
Secules, Teresa; Ford, Alecia
Social Education, v70 n2 p89-92 Mar 2006
Alecia Ford, co-author of this article, had a problem that teachers everywhere face more and more frequently with the predominance of standardized testing--too much world history to teach in too little time. Her problem relates to how she can help her sixth-grade students develop an in-depth understanding of the Enlightenment, a period in history that she found fascinating and important, in just two weeks before testing effectively at the end of the school year. So she devised a plan to divide and conquer the vast information and then pull it all together for a deeper understanding of the significant changes that characterize this period. In this article, the authors describe the strategies devised by Ford in order to help her students develop a deeper understanding of that particular period in history. (Contains 1 figure and 2 notes.)
Descriptors: World History, Educational Strategies, Time Management, Grade 6, Middle School Students, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Pattern Recognition, Cooperative Learning, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Discovery Learning
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Grade 6; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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