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Learning to use evidence in the study of history
Author(s) -
Grim Valerie,
Pace David,
Shopkow Leah
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.147
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , focus (optics) , task (project management) , psychology , epistemology , pedagogy , higher education , mathematics education , political science , philosophy , physics , management , law , optics , economics
Abstract To think like a historian, students must select and assess evidence that supports interpretations of the meaning of the past. Three historians focus on aspects of this task and pursue different approaches to teach their students to use evidence.