Teaching High School Students to Use Heuristics While Reading Historical Texts

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 492-504

  Nokes, Jeffery D ^a   Dole, Janice A ^b   Hacker, Douglas J ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

heuristics; history; multiple texts; strategic readers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548850316     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.99.3.492     Document Type: Article

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