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Alleman, Janet; Brophy, Jere – 1992
College students reported memorable social studies activities that they had experienced in kindergarten through grade eight by describing both the activities themselves and what they learned from those activities. These memories were coded for subject matter, type of activity, and learning outcomes. The responses reflected the influence of the…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Curriculum Research, Educational Objectives
Brophy, Jere; And Others – 1992
The study that is the subject of this document focused on how fifth-graders' knowledge and thinking about the westward expansion of the pre-Civil War United States was affected by students' participation in a curriculum unit on the topic. A stratified sample of 10 students was interviewed before and after they participated in the unit to…
Descriptors: American Indians, Civil War (United States), Curriculum Research, Grade 5
Brophy, Jere; And Others – 1991
In most elementary schools in the United States, students get their first systematic introduction to history as a discipline and to chronological treatment of U.S. history as subject matter in fifth-grade U.S. history courses. To develop information about the knowledge and misconceptions concerning U.S. history that fifth-grade teachers can expect…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Grade 5, History Instruction, Intermediate Grades