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Drake, Frederick D. – 2002
Cognitive studies researcher, Samuel Wineburg, has conducted empirical studies over the past decade to compare the way historians think about primary and secondary sources with the thinking processes of high school students and teachers. Wineburg's research demonstrates the importance of domain-based or subject-specific thinking in the teaching…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Historiography, History Instruction