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Download full textAlongi, Marc D.; Heddy, Benjamin C.; Sinatra, Gale M. – Journal of Social Science Education, 2016
Controversial issues have been established within the larger framework of civic education as an effective pedagogical approach to developing critical thinking in the classroom, preparing students with intellectual habits necessary for participation in scholarship, civic life and democracy. In this study, we found that a pedagogical intervention,…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Social Studies, History Instruction, Teaching Methods
