Analogical reasoning, the ability to understand phenomena as systems of structured
relationships that can be aligned, compared, and mapped together, plays a fundamental …

American history shall be viewed as factual, not as constructed, shall be viewed as
knowable, teachable, and testable, and shall be defined as the creation of a new nation …

Every few years in the United States, history teachers go through what some believe is an
embarrassing national ritual. A representative group of students sit down to take a …

Over the past three decades, expanding scholarship on history teaching, learning, and
cognition has promoted the development of historical thinking in response to the broader …

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

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 …

Social studies is a very broad field. To many, it means the study of virtually all the academic
disciplines one might name for the purpose of preparing active, thoughtful citizens (National …

ABSTRACT Web 2.0 software, in particular wikis, have the potential to allow students to
become active contributors to the Internet and, as a result, restructure traditional learning …

Technological pedagogical content knowledge (now known as technology, pedagogy, and
content knowledge, or TPACK) has become a widely referenced conceptual framework …

This study explores changing epistemic beliefs in the history domain among 18 prospective
history teachers. Drawing data from these college undergraduate history majors who were …