Sentences with phrase «in historical thinking skills»

The findings of this study suggest that teacher investment in professional development can lead to technology integration and meaningful instruction in historical thinking skills and content knowledge.

In instances where technology was used, meaningful instruction in historical thinking skills and content knowledge occurred.

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In particular, enriching field trips contribute to the development of students into civilized young men and women who possess more knowledge about art, have stronger critical - thinking skills, exhibit increased historical empathy, display higher levels of tolerance, and have a greater taste for consuming art and culture.

An academic study at her museum found that students, especially those in rural or poor schools, gained skills like critical thinking, historical empathy and tolerance after attending field trips.

Perhaps most important was that while students were deeply engaged in the content and invested in creating the final product, they were also developing historical thinking skills, exploring Europe's history through a critical lens, applying their reading comprehension skills to difficult non-fiction and historical fiction, interpreting primary sources, writing in a number of genres, and developing their oral language abilities.

The study finds students who attend a field trip to an art museum experience an increase in critical thinking skills of 9 percent of a standard deviation, an increase in historical empathy of 6 percent of a standard deviation, and an improvement in tolerance of 7 percent of a standard deviation.

She found that young people can feel connected to the past and demonstrate critical historical thinking skills and also that differences in their historical understanding are related to differences in how they talk about themselves and the past.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

When it gets down to it, Grossman said, five historians gathered in a room would never agree on every bit of content to include in the curriculum, «but they can agree on what skills a student has to learn from spending a year indulging in historical thinking.»

Just as historical thinking scholars have tried to define the skills to be emphasized in the K - 12 classroom, a clear delineation of filmmaking skills would be helpful for teachers as they design and implement filmmaking projects.

In these 17 years researchers have begun to explore ways in which technology can support disciplined inquiry in the social studies — particularly in terms of engaging students in historical thinking and providing students with opportunities to demonstrate their understanding of social studies skills and concepts through the creation of contenIn these 17 years researchers have begun to explore ways in which technology can support disciplined inquiry in the social studies — particularly in terms of engaging students in historical thinking and providing students with opportunities to demonstrate their understanding of social studies skills and concepts through the creation of contenin which technology can support disciplined inquiry in the social studies — particularly in terms of engaging students in historical thinking and providing students with opportunities to demonstrate their understanding of social studies skills and concepts through the creation of contenin the social studies — particularly in terms of engaging students in historical thinking and providing students with opportunities to demonstrate their understanding of social studies skills and concepts through the creation of contenin terms of engaging students in historical thinking and providing students with opportunities to demonstrate their understanding of social studies skills and concepts through the creation of contenin historical thinking and providing students with opportunities to demonstrate their understanding of social studies skills and concepts through the creation of content.

Through coursework in history and social science content, classroom management, curriculum development, and teaching methods, prospective teachers are prepared to foster their own students» historical thinking, citizenship skills, and content knowledge.

Take Action: In this lesson, students learn how to a newspaper article and apply critical thinking skills to analyze a current or historical event.