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California Media and Library Educators Association, Burlingame. – 1984
Intended for use by teachers who wish to help students select library materials for personal and classroom reading, this instrument is designed to assess student reading attitudes and knowledge. The instrument is divided into upper elementary, junior high school, and high school levels and consists of questions that assess (1) how students feel…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Level

McKee, Saundra – Journal of the Middle States Council for the Social Studies, 1991
Describes efforts to infuse an international perspective into Clarion University of Pennsylvania's social studies methods course. Reports results of a pretest indicating poor knowledge of and interest in social studies among education majors. Discusses course activities, materials, and requirements. Concludes that knowledge and interest in global…
Descriptors: Course Content, Elementary Education, Global Approach, Higher Education

Barton, Keith C. – Social Education, 1997
Presents two composite and contrasting cases of how elementary school children are taught history. One student receives instruction heavily slanted toward institutional political history, while the other learns these concepts incorporated throughout social history illustrated with different types of learning activities. Suggests workable…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Course Content, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education

Seixas, Peter – Social Education, 1997
Summarizes a Canadian study that attempted to determine how a diverse group of high school students identified and understood events of historical significance. The students' responses ranged from generally objective and analytical to wildly subjective. Includes a recommended exercise for establishing students approaches to and definitions of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Background, Educational Research, Educational Theories

Epstein, Terrie L. – Social Education, 1997
Reviews recent research on sociocultural approaches to historical understanding and concludes that students' judgment of historical significance is substantially shaped by the social and cultural characteristics of the learner. Recounts several episodes revealing how minority and mainstream students differ in their trust of the authority of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences, Educational Research, Educational Theories
Cournoyer, Barry R.; Stanley, Mary J. – 2002
This book is designed to help social work students prepare a social work portfolio to be used as a learning guide, and following graduation, as a tool to maintain their social work licenses or other pertinent professional credentials. There are independent and collaborative group learning exercises as well as portfolio preparation exercises…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Career Development, Career Information Systems, Career Ladders