“I just kinda know”: Elementary students’ ideas about historical evidence

Theory and Research in Social Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 407-430

  Barton, Keith C ^a  

^a NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84967513935     PISSN: 00933104     EISSN: 21631654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00933104.1997.10505821     Document Type: Article

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