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ERIC Number: EJ482374
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Using Economic Reasoning to Improve the Teaching of U.S. History.
Schug, Mark C.; Western, Richard D.
Social Education, v58 n1 p8-9 Jan 1994
Asserts that instructional methods used to teach U.S. history often result in a reliance on routine transmission of information. Argues that the benefits that would derive from adding economics instruction to history are seldom achieved. (CFR)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Economic Factors, Economics Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, United States History
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Bradley Commission on History in Schools; California State Board of Education; Economic Concepts; National Commission on Social Studies in Schools