Classroom teachers’ thinking about historical texts: An exploratory study

Theory and Research in Social Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 146-166

  Yeager, Elizabeth Anne ^a   Davis, O L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 3442881782     PISSN: 00933104     EISSN: 21631654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00933104.1996.10505774     Document Type: Article

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