Assessing the Relationship between Information Processing Capacity and Historical Understanding.

Kennedy, Kerry J.

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ERIC Number: EJ287456

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Publication Date: 1983

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Assessing the Relationship between Information Processing Capacity and Historical Understanding.

Kennedy, Kerry J.

Theory and Research in Social Education, v11 n2 p1-22 Sum 1983

Past research which used Piaget's model of cognitive development has suggested that historical understanding is a developmental construct. The present study, designed to test the theoretical adequacy of previous studies, shows that a new variable, information processing, could predict the level of historical understanding. (Author/CS)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, History, History Instruction, History Textbooks, Research Design, Research Methodology, Research Problems

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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