The New Social Studies in Perspective: The Carnegie-Mellon Slow-Learner Project.

Penna, Anthony N.

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ERIC Number: EJ514177

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Publication Date: 1995

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The New Social Studies in Perspective: The Carnegie-Mellon Slow-Learner Project.

Penna, Anthony N.

Social Studies, v86 n4 p155-61 Jul-Aug 1995

Describes the origins, development, and products of the slow- learner social studies curriculum development project at Carnegie-Mellon University (Pennsylvania) in the late 1960s. Maintains that this project represented the last wave of curriculum projects to emerge from the national reform efforts following Sputnik. (CFR)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational History, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction, Instructional Development, Instructional Materials, National Programs, Social Studies, United States History

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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