History lessons : teaching, learning, and testing in U.S. high school classrooms / S.G. Grant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grant, S. G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, extended case studies of two veteran teachers and their students are combined with the extant research literature to explore current issues of teaching, learning, and testing U.S. history. It is among the first to examine these issues together and in interaction. While the two teachers share several similarities, the teaching practices they construct could not be more different. To explore these differences, the author asks what their teaching practices look like, how their instruction influences their students' understandings of history, and what role statewide exams play in the

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; PART I Teaching History; 1 Teaching History: Linda Strait and George Blair Teach About the U.S. Civil Rights Movement; 2 Teaching History: The Nature of Pedagogy in History Classrooms; PART II Learning History; 3 Learning History: What Blair's and Strait's Students Understand About History; 4 Learning History: The Nature of Student Understanding in History Classrooms; PART III Testing History; 5 Testing History: The Influence of State-Level Testing on Blair's and Strait's Practices

6 Testing History: The Nature of State- Level Testing in History ClassroomsPART IV Influences on and Prospects for Ambitious Teaching; 7 The Influences on Teachers' Classroom Decisions; 8 Promoting Ambitious Teaching and Learning; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-228) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-32219-2

9786612322198

1-4106-0760-7

9781410607607

OCLC:

476200241