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Scheuerell, Scott – Social Studies, 2021
The author describes how high school students can use Google Tour Builder to track the impact of local Civil War veterans by conducting research with primary and secondary sources. In the article, there is a description of an example from Larned, Kansas where more than one hundred Civil War veterans settled a community on the plains. Digitized…
Descriptors: Social Studies, History Instruction, War, Veterans
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Sungwon Shin; Thomas A. Brush; John W. Saye; Zhizhen Zhang – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2019
This design case illustrates a three-semester-long curricular and instructional design project focusing on the design and implementation of a technology-enhanced case-based learning experience for pre-service teachers within a teaching methods course. This case highlights the iterative process that a teacher educator and an instructional designer…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Video Technology, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Curriculum Development
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Velempini, Kgosietsile – Africa Education Review, 2017
The purpose of this article is to examine the integration of environmental education (EE) in the secondary school curriculum of Botswana. In order to achieve effective environmental literacy, EE needs to be integrated into all aspects of students' learning experience. The article draws on a variety of qualitative meta-analyses of Botswana…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Curriculum
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Aronson, Brittany; Laughter, Judson – Review of Educational Research, 2016
Many teachers and educational researchers have claimed to adopt tenets of culturally relevant education (CRE). However, recent work describes how standardized curricula and testing have marginalized CRE in educational reform discourses. In this synthesis of research, we sought examples of research connecting CRE to positive student outcomes across…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Neoliberalism
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Rooze, Gene E. – Social Studies Texan, 1988
Provides a direct instruction strategy for teaching skills and concepts required for database use. Creates an interactive environment which motivates, provides a model, imparts information, allows active student participation, gives knowledge of results, and presents guidance. (LS)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Databases
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Little, Timothy – Michigan Social Studies Journal, 1986
Based on the microcomputer's instructional potential, this article maintains that social studies ought to rank first among school subjects in microcomputer use. It advocates use of all types of software, from drill and practice to simulations, and highlights the use of databases. (TRS)
Descriptors: Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers, Social Studies
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Sartor, Ron – Michigan Social Studies Journal, 1986
Discusses future implementation of a pilot course using computers to develop social studies skills. Specifically focuses on student use of databases for developing concepts and problem-solving skills. Maintains that computers will influence not so much what is taught, as how it is presented. (TRS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Studies
Rooze, Gene E. – 1986
The database management system or computerized database is an important tool for teaching thinking in the social studies. But what the teacher does to teach the student about databases, to use prepared databases, to organize their data, to direct their research, and to draw conclusions using this teaching device is just as important. The Direct…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Databases
Bolt, Robert – 1986
Computers can be used in a variety of ways in the social studies classroom: (1) as a productivity tool to relieve the teacher of the many bookkeeping tasks and allow for more time to be spent on instructional tasks; (2) in business applications such as data base files, electronic spreadsheets, word processing, computer graphics, and to store large…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Computer Software
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Brown, Marilyn A. – History and Social Science Teacher, 1987
This paper attempts to clarify the meaning of using the computer as a tool for information processing. Provides spreadsheet and database examples of such use for high school geography. (JDH)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Geography, High Schools
Rooze, Gene E. – 1987
The goal of this paper is to examine some erroneous ideas about teaching thinking skills and the use of computer tools, especially databases. The paper reviews: (1) the importance of databases to the teaching of social studies; (2) the teacher's role in aiding students to develop and use databases; (3) the reintroduction of effective teaching…
Descriptors: Computers, Concept Teaching, Critical Thinking, Databases
Resnik, Hank – Learning, 1984
Computers may help students delve farther into social studies research topics. The role of the computer in database management is explored in this article. (DF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Databases, Elementary Education
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Hunt, Nancy P.; Allen, Elizabeth G. – Social Studies, 1988
Describes how database software was used for fifth graders' research and investigation about the 50 states. Provides suggestions for using a database in the classroom. Includes follow-up activities and lists a variety of additional topics that may be explored. (GEA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Elementary Education
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White, Charles S. – International Journal of Social Education, 1990
Examines the use of databases for social studies. Provides a rationale for database use in light of social studies goals, contending that processing large amounts of information is essential for effective citizenship. Offers suggestions for integrating databases into the social studies classroom, and provides substantial lists of readily…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Information Sources
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Ehman, Lee H.; And Others – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1992
Describes results of a study of how eight social studies teachers use computer databases in social studies instruction. Examines how students employ the databases in problem solving, what they learn, and what factors held and hinder the process. Discusses the effects of time constraints, prior student knowledge, cooperative learning, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Databases
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