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ERIC Number: EJ420444
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
Children's Understanding of Historical Time: Implications for Instruction.
Vukelich, Ron; Thornton, Stephen J.
Childhood Education, v67 n1 p22-25 Fall 1990
Offers educational practitioners information about terms that can be used in discussions of historical concepts with students. Discusses the development of children's understanding of historical time concepts at four age spans. Also discusses terms in social studies textbooks that teachers may need to translate for students. (BB)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, History, Language of Instruction, Public Education, Social Studies, Surveys, Teaching Guides, Textbook Preparation, Time Perspective
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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