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Brophy, Jere; And Others – 1992
Prior to a curriculum unit on European exploration of the New World, a class of fifth grade U.S. history students stated what they knew (or thought was true) about the discovery of America and what they wanted to learn about it. After the unit, they reported what they had learned about the general topic of European exploration of North America. In…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Elementary School Students, European History, Grade 5
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
VanSledright, Bruce A.; And Others – 1992
Prior to a curriculum unit on Native Americans in a U.S. history course, three classes of fifth graders stated what they knew or believed they knew about these people and what they wanted to learn about them. After the unit, they reported what they had learned. In addition, a stratified sample of 10 students was interviewed concerning the details…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Curriculum Research, Elementary School Students, European History
VanSledright, Bruce A. – 1992
Authors who have reviewed the literature on teaching and learning in U.S. history and in social studies have argued that a need exists for comparative case studies of teachers' history and social studies teaching practices and the influence that these practices have on students, especially at the elementary school level. This report, which is…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Research, Elementary School Teachers
Smith, Edward L. – 1983
Research has established that students generally possess conceptions relevant to curricular topics before they begin to study them and that these preconceptions often persist despite instruction on scientific theories which contradict them. Discrepancies between students' post instruction conceptions and the scientific theories as taught often…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
VanSledright, Bruce A. – 1992
This report examines the biography, elementary school social studies teaching goals, and specific U.S. history-social studies goals and curriculum mediation practices of one fifth-grade teacher, Ramona Palmer. Daily lessons and classroom teacher-student interactions are described in detail as Palmer moved through a 6-week unit on the American…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Research, Elementary School Teachers