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Download full textBurlbaw, Lynn M.; Price, Margaret A. – 1996
This paper analyzes "confused history" on the part of students and where that confusion might originate. The study is based on a modified form of content analysis of articles by R. Lederer. The articles offer a compilation of student errors in history and geography. Two major categories of errors are recognized: (1) Type I, represented by errors…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Vallance, Elizabeth – 1979
Educational researchers can provide unusual perspectives to their research if they include humor and irony. Looking at topics from the reverse (the critical attitude, the aesthetic perspective) allows researchers to see patterns, details, and meanings which are normally hidden from view. This aesthetic perspective enables artists, critics, and…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, American Culture, Attitude Change
