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ERIC Number: EJ482447
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
Preservice Teachers Assess Students' Prior Historical Understanding.
Seixas, Peter
Social Studies, v85 n2 p91-94 Mar-Apr 1994
Describes a learning activity in which preservice social studies teachers determine the prior historical understanding and attitudes of secondary students through class discussions, questionnaires, and other techniques. Discusses the implication of the findings regarding historical knowledge, concepts of time, and student interest in history. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Strategies, Epistemology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, History Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Level, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure; University of British Columbia (Canada)