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Reisman, Abby; Kavanagh, Sarah Schneider; Monte-Sano, Chauncey; Fogo, Brad; McGrew, Sarah C.; Cipparone, Peter; Simmons, Elizabeth – Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
Both the Common Core Standards for Literacy and the College, Career, and Civic Life Framework for Social Studies State Standards underscore the importance of classroom discussion for the development of high-level literacy and subject-matter knowledge. Yet, discussion remains stubbornly absent in social studies classrooms, which tend toward rote…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Classroom Techniques, Student Participation, History Instruction
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Monte-Sano, Chauncey – Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
Given students' preconceptions of history as fixed information, cultivating students' interpretive and evidence-based thinking is foundational to advancing their disciplinary understanding. This study examines the ways in which preservice history teachers construct tasks that demand students' interpretive and evidence-based thinking and attend to…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Student Teaching, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses
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Monte-Sano, Chauncey – American Educational Research Journal, 2008
This study explored the practices of two high school teachers of U.S. history and their students' performance on evidence-based history essays over 7 months. Data include pre- and posttest essays, interviews, observations, teacher feedback, assignments, and readings. Qualitative and quantitative comparisons of 42 students' work show that one class…
Descriptors: Evidence, Direct Instruction, Feedback (Response), Reading Comprehension