“Couldn't she just leave?”: The relationship between consistently using class discussions and the development of historical empathy in a 9th grade world history course

Theory and Research in Social Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-57

  Kohlmeier, Jada ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85016283524     PISSN: 00933104     EISSN: 21631654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00933104.2006.10473297     Document Type: Article

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