In response to the growing need for more relevant school history, the notion of historical
consciousness has come to represent a way to help students understand the links between …

Now in its second edition, Inquiry-Based Practice in Social Studies Education:
Understanding the Inquiry Design Model presents a conceptual base for shaping the …

How can teachers incorporate the richness of historical resources into classrooms in ways
that are true to the discipline of history and are pedagogically sound? Now in its second …

This study examined the effects of historical reasoning strategy instruction on 11th-grade
students. Students learned historical inquiry strategies using 20th Century American history …

Teaching History with Film provides a fresh, engaging, and clear overview of teaching with
film to effectively enhance social studies instruction. Using cases of experienced teachers to …

This Handbook outlines the current state of research in social studies education–a complex,
dynamic, challenging field with competing perspectives about appropriate goals, and on …

Every major measure of students' historical understanding since 1917 has demonstrated
that students do not retain, understand, or enjoy their school experiences with history. Bruce …

Writing can be defined in a variety of ways. In this examination of learning to write, we view
writing as a complex cognitive process and examine instruction that is designed to enable …

The purpose of this study was to partially replicate the Historical Problem Solving: A Study of
the Cognitive Process Using Historical Evidence study conducted by Sam Wineburg in …

Since the social studies curriculum holds potential to shape young peoples' world views,
there has always been pressure to preserve this or change that. Accounting for continuity …