The Past as Experience: A Qualitative Assessment of National History Day.

Adams, David Wallace; Pasch, Marvin

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Publication Date: 1988

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The Past as Experience: A Qualitative Assessment of National History Day.

Adams, David Wallace; Pasch, Marvin

OCSS Review, v24 n1 p8-19 Spr 1988

Describes and qualitatively evaluates National History Day as an educational program and suggests some of its implications for the teaching of history in the nation's schools. States that teachers should use a wide variety of primary source materials and instructional strategies to make the learning of history an active process. (GEA)

Descriptors: Competition, History, History Instruction, Instructional Improvement, Intermediate Grades, Primary Sources, Program Evaluation, Secondary Education, Social Studies

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Language: English

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