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Download full textVanSledright, Bruce A.; Brophy, Jere – 1991
Interviews with fourth graders who had not yet received systematic instruction in U.S. history revealed that these students are interested in the past, concerned about human intentionality and cause-effect relationships, and able to construct coherent narrative accounts of historical events as they understand them. However, they lack an…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Grade 4, History Instruction
