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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Social Studies Instruction"”.
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A Causal-Comparative Model for the Examination of the Relationship of Middle School Level Instructional Scheduling and Social Studies Achievement
<p>Social studies at the middle-level is a marginalized discipline in South Carolina. Although integrated into the state's accountability testing agenda and weighted equally with English, math, and science content in state school and district report card rating calculations, differences exist in …
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Using Inquiry Learning to Shift Towards a Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in Elementary Social Studies
… Todd S. Hawley (2017) have poignantly noted that social studies instruction has traditionally “erased the histories and experiences” (p. 7) of students of color. This study addresses the question of how white teachers who teach students of color can use inquiry learning to shift traditional …
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The Effects of Hypertext and Prior Knowledge on Learning Geographic Information in Social Studies
… this study suggest that hypertext can be used in social studies instruction to promote higher-order thinking rather than rote memorization of factual information. In addition, the results of this study clearly support the use of hypertext as an effective instructional medium to compensate for …
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An examination of the effect of constructivist and cooperative learning teaching techniques on student engagement in social studies
… techniques increases student engagement in social studies. Thirteen sixth grade students participated in the investigation. They completed surveys before and after a curricular intervention that consisted of social studies instruction based on constructivist and cooperative learning …
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Perceptions of citizenship through civic action : a qualitative case study of personally responsible, participatory, and social justice-oriented citizenship in 6th and 7th graders.
… to develop civic understanding because social studies instruction has been deprioritized in schools. National data show that most middle school students score below proficiency in civics, and research highlights how the lack of authentic civic learning experiences limits students’ …
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College and Career Readiness of First Time in College Social Studies Students
… the disconnect that exists between secondary social studies instruction and post-secondary instruction by exploring the understandings and expectations of US history educators at the secondary and post-secondary levels. It is important to study how the realist philosophy inherent in …
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Making the Significant Significant: A Discourse Analysis Examining the Teacher's Role in Negotiating Meaning of Text with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
… relationships, politics (the distribution of social goods), connections, and sign systems and knowledge--in a micro level analysis for eight teaching episodes covering reading and/or social studies instruction. In doing so, I conceptualize categories and subcategories of language use for each …
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Restructuring Seconday Social Studies: Results of the Humanities Project at Greece Athena High School
… is still ringing, because results of recent studies are not showing significant improvements. One such report came from the Digest of Education Statistics in 1992 which compared S.A.T. scores. The average scores for 1980-81 were 424 in Verbal and 466 in Math. The scores for 1990-91 were 422 …
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An Exploration of the Benefits of Lifeskills Processing on Third Grade Independent Learning Decisions to Bolster Non-Ability Grouped Mathematics Instruction
… independent decision making during mathematics instruction through integration of language based character education strategies. The researcher was concerned that the current emphasis on achievement could result in increased use of ability grouping. This provided a rationale to develop and …
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Technology Gatekeeping: Influences on Three High School Social Studies Teachers' Implementations of Digital Technology
This study sought to understand how high school social studies teachers identify and evaluate uses of digital technologies to implement in their classrooms. The research was a case study of three teachers guided by the question: What factors and relations shape social studies teachers' uses of …
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Heroes and villains: an analysis of the treatment of individuals in world history textbooks
Since textbooks are a standard feature of social studies classrooms and frequently are considered the central tools of social studies instruction, their content and manner of presentation are critical issues for the social studies. This study concentrated on identification and analysis of the …
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Perceptions of Curriculum Alignment and Student Achievement in US History Courses in an Urban Characteristic Georgia School
… US History teachers, the assistant principal for instruction, and the assistant principal that supports and evaluates US History courses in the selected school. Teacher lesson plans were also analyzed using a document analysis protocol. The data were analyzed utilizing Microsoft Excel. The …