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A Janus Head or the Same Side of the Medallion? Innovating and Improving Historical Reasoning and Understanding

Fri, April 4, 10:35am to 12:05pm, Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Terrace IV

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This symposium brings together a group of international researchers engaged in developing and assessing innovative pedagogies that might foster students’ capacity to think critically about the past, inside and outside the history classroom. Particularly, the studies address the explicit instruction of meta-concepts characterizing historical causal reasoning, the role of the teacher in classroom discussion on historical contextualization, the diverse effects of mobile apps in fostering historical understanding, and the relation between epistemic beliefs and historical thinking. Student characteristics that may influence the outcomes of these interventions, such as prior knowledge, motivation, or argumentation skills, are also discussed. Using diverse methodologies, the studies involved a broad range of participants: K-12 preservice and practicing teachers and their students; college students; and adults.

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