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Bickford, John H. – History Teacher, 2021
Young children can engage in close reading, critical thinking, and historical thinking when age-appropriate texts are coupled with discipline-specific tasks. Prior knowledge is an impediment, though. Primary elementary learners simply do not have much of a historical schema. Because of primary elementary students' familiarity with Thanksgiving,…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, United States History, Social Studies
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Barnett, Janet – PRIMUS, 2014
Much has been written about the benefits to be derived by incorporating the history of mathematics into its teaching. Of the various ways to do this, the use of original sources is among the most thrilling for the insights and the challenges it offers for students and instructors alike. In this paper, we describe examples of one particular…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Undergraduate Study, History, Teaching Methods
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Morin, Erica A. – History Teacher, 2013
As a graduate instructor for HIST 152: United States Since 1877, the author structures the entire course around the motif of the newspaper. She models her curriculum after the newspaper both visually and symbolically and uses it as a theme throughout the class. The newspaper is not a gimmick or cliche, but rather a recurring stylistic theme, an…
Descriptors: United States History, Course Descriptions, Class Activities, Learning Activities
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Scott, Lori K.; Simmons, Steve R. – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 2006
Primary literature is an underutilized learning resource for undergraduate courses in crop science. Reading assignments from scientific journals were utilized in an undergraduate University of Minnesota crop physiology course at Southwest Minnesota State University from 2002 to 2004. The subjects of the articles corresponded to the lecture topics.…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Agricultural Education, Agronomy, Undergraduate Study
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Scott, Anne Firor – Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, 1992
Discusses how to motivate students to learn history. Suggests using primary sources, relating subject matter to what students already know, and avoiding lectures whenever possible. Recommends formulating goals in advance, preparing reading lists, preparing questions for students, and assigning individual projects. Argues that such a course will…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Higher Education, History Instruction, Learning Motivation
Dutt, Karen M.; And Others – 1994
This study sought to compare undergraduate's perceptions of and attitudes toward an educational psychology course in which two distinct types of course readings were used, namely an education psychology textbook versus primary sources. A total of 15 students were enrolled in the course during the fall semester and used the textbooks (Anita…
Descriptors: College Students, Course Evaluation, Education Courses, Educational Attitudes