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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Schmidt, Sandra J. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2013
In the ongoing effort to conceptualize meaningful civics curriculum, the author looks beyond the intended curriculum to consider the civics lessons embedded in spatial interaction and engagement. She examines how young people negotiate school, a space she contends can be conceived of as a public space. Their negotiations rely upon tactics of…
Descriptors: Civics, Curriculum, Space Utilization, Interaction
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Brooks, Sarah – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2011
This qualitative case study examined the place that historical empathy, as both a subjective and an objective endeavor, occupied in one teacher's instruction and her students' response. Data--collected over five months--include 29 hours of classroom observations in an Advanced Placement European History course, instructional artifacts, and…
Descriptors: European History, Advanced Placement Programs, Rural Schools, Primary Sources
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Reich, Gabriel A. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2009
This article explores the reasoning employed by high school students to answer a set of multiple-choice history questions. The questions come from New York State's Global History and Geography Regents exam. The Regents exams, together with a particularly well-regarded and ambitious set of content standards, are the cornerstone of the state's…
Descriptors: Test Items, Discipline, Protocol Analysis, State Standards
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Gehlbach, Hunter – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2004
This article examines the relationship between social perspective taking (SPT) and student achievement in three domains: conflict resolution, historical empathy, and social studies grades. Although many have asserted that SPT relates to important educational outcomes, varying conceptualizations of SPT have impeded researchers' abilities to assess…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Outcomes of Education, Educational Objectives, World History
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Levesque, Stephane – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2003
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, have had tragic effects for history teachers and students in Canada, the United States, and abroad. Yet, despite increased educational research in historical thinking, very little is known about students' historical understanding of terrorism. This exploratory study looks at some Canadian, but…
Descriptors: Historical Interpretation, Current Events, Terrorism, Educational Research
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Grant, S. G.; Derme-Insinna, Alison; Gradwell, Jill M.; Pullano, Lynn; Lauricella, Ann Marie; Tzezo, Kathryn – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2002
In New York, state-level policymakers have invested considerable political and economic capital in new tests as both a measure of accountability and as a vehicle for increased educational standards. In this study, we look at how 9th and 10th grade global history teachers are making sense of the first administration of a new 10th grade global…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Grade 10, World History, History Instruction