Concept- and strategic-knowledge development in historical study: A comparative exploration in two fourth-grade classrooms

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 239-283

  VanSledright, Bruce A ^a   Frankes, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Dept of Curriculum and Instruction ^*

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EID: 0013539571     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532690XCI1802_04     Document Type: Review

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