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ERIC Number: EJ414118
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0889-0293
Teaching Historians to Use Technology: Databases and Computers.
Burton, Orville Vernon; Finnegan, Terrence
International Journal of Social Education, v5 n1 p23-35 Spr 1990
Contends that the proliferation of historical data has made knowledge of quantitative techniques and computers essential for the historian. Evaluates various database, statistical, and graphing packages available to scholars. Discusses implementing such technology in the teaching of history courses. (DB)
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Databases, Higher Education, Historiography, History Instruction, Social Science Research, Statistical Analysis, Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Technology
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Historians