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ERIC Number: EJ464715
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0093-3104
Fifth Graders' Ideas about History Expressed before and after Their Introduction to the Subject.
Brophy, Jere; And Others
Theory and Research in Social Education, v20 n4 p440-89 Fall 1992
Presents study results of fifth graders' attitudes toward history. Includes interviews with the student subjects concerning what they know about history, what they want to know, and reasons to study history. Concludes that fifth graders are interested in history and familiar with the past but vague on the interpretive nature of history. (DK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Research, Grade 5, History, History Instruction, Intermediate Grades, Social Studies, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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