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Brophy, Jere; VanSledright, Bruce – 1995
This paper summarizes and discusses the findings from interviews of 10 fifth graders conducted before and after each of their six U.S. history units. Special reference is made to potential curricular and instructional implications from the findings. The 10 students began the year with little historical knowledge and they displayed numerous…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Grade 5, History Instruction
Brophy, Jere; VanSledright, Bruce – 1997
This book addresses the teaching and learning of history in the elementary grades. The literature review in the first two chapters presents an overview of scholarship in the field and provides a context within which to interpret the research in subsequent chapters. The remainder of the book presents and discusses research on the teaching and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Field Studies, Grade 5, History Instruction
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VanSledright, Bruce; Brophy, Jere – American Educational Research Journal, 1992
Historical accounts by fourth graders at the beginning stage of learning history show that these young students lack an experience-based framework for grounding and connecting historical teaching. Implications for teaching history to elementary school students and aspects of children's reliance on imagination in constructing historical narratives…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, History Instruction