How Students Learn: History in the Classroom - Softcover

National Research Council; Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Committee On How People Learn, A Targeted Report For Teachers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309089484 ISBN 13: 9780309089487

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2005

Synopsis

How Students Learn: History in the Classroom builds on the discoveries detailed in the best-selling How People Learn. Now these findings are presented in a way that teachers can use immediately, to revitalize their work in the classroom for even greater effectiveness.

The book explores the importance of balancing students' knowledge of historical fact against their understanding of concepts, such as change and cause, and their skills in assessing historical accounts. It also features illustrated suggestion for classroom activities.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• 1 Introduction
• Part I HISTORY: 2 Putting Principles into Practice: Understanding History
• 3 Putting Principles into Practice: Teaching and Planning
• 4 "They Thought the World Was Flat" Applying the Principles of How People Learn in Teaching High School History
• A FINAL SYNTHESIS: REVISITING THE THREE LEARNING PRINCIPLES: 13 Pulling Threads
• Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Contributors
• Index

About this title

About the Author:

M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford, editors, Committee on How People Learn: A Targeted Report for Teachers, National Research Council

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0309089484
• ISBN 13: 9780309089487
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Bransford John D., Donovan M. Suzanne