| Description |
1 online resource (144 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Assessing Historical Thinking and Understanding; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 The Need for New Assessments in History Education; 2 A Sociocultural Cognitive Model for Learning History; 3 Mapping Assessment Tasks to the Learning Model; 4 Interpreting Assessment Tasks; 5 Standards, Assessments, Testing, and Questions of Alignment; Appendix; Index |
| Summary |
Assessing Historical Thinking and Understanding advocates for a fundamental change in how educators think about making sense of learners' developing cognition and understanding in history. Author Bruce VanSledright argues that traditional and typical standardized testing approaches are seldom up to the task of measuring the more complex understandings students are asked to attain, as they cannot fully assess what the student knows. Rather, he points forward along a path toward changes in learning, teaching, and assessing that closely aligns with the Common Core State Standards. He |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
History -- Study and teaching.
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History -- Study and teaching -- Standards -- United States
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Educational tests and measurements.
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Educational tests and measurements
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History -- Study and teaching
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History -- Study and teaching -- Standards
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135044251 |
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1135044252 |
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