The United States History Course: Expectations, Realities, and Recommendations.

Van Raaphorst, Donna

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ERIC Number: EJ414155

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

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The United States History Course: Expectations, Realities, and Recommendations.

Van Raaphorst, Donna

OCSS Review, v26 n1 p19-23 Spr 1990

Places the current educational reform movement in a historical context. Maintains that students today are no more ignorant of history than were previous generations. Distinguishes between memory, remembering, and meaning and suggests the application of these categories to the improvement of history instruction. Describes sample exercise. (RW)

Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Theories, Higher Education, History Instruction, Learning Processes, Memorization, Memory, United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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