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ERIC Number: EJ436869
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Historical Problem Solving: A Study of the Cognitive Processes Used in the Evaluation of Documentary and Pictorial Evidence.
Wineburg, Samuel S.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v83 n1 p73-87 Mar 1991
How people evaluate primary and secondary sources when considering historical questions was studied by asking eight historians and eight high school seniors to think aloud while reviewing written and pictorial documents about the Battle of Lexington. Differences between the groups are discussed concerning cognitive processes and beliefs about historical inquiry. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Evaluative Thinking, Heuristics, High School Seniors, High Schools, Historians, History, History Instruction, Primary Sources, Problem Solving, Protocol Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Revolutionary War (United States), Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Document Analysis; Experts; Historical Explanation; Picture Interpretation