Now in its sixth edition, Doing History offers a unique perspective on teaching and learning
history in the elementary and middle grades. Through case studies of teachers and students …

Bruce VanSledright shows how young students can benefit from an investigative, inquiry-
based approach to the study of history, as called for by the national standards. Addressing …

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

Recent education literature and research has focused on identifying effective core teaching
practices to inform and help shape teacher education and professional development …

In this book, extended case studies of two veteran teachers and their students are combined
with the extant research literature to explore current issues of teaching, learning, and testing …

Research on students' ideas about history has been an active field of investigation in recent
decades. Over 200 empirical studies have been published since the late 1970s by scholars …

Using primary sources in history classes is all the rage. But if teachers are not reflective
about the best use of such materials, they may engage students in exercises that are neither …

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 …

This article reports on one facet of a researcher–practitioner project undertaken with class of
23 diverse fifth graders. The project was rooted in taking recent history education reforms …

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 …