History Lessons: Teaching, Learning, and

Uses extended case studies of two New York teachers and their students combined with discussion of the existing research literature, to explore issues central to understanding teaching, learning, and testing in secondary school history classrooms.

Preface

ix

Part I Teaching History

Teaching History: Linda Strait and George Blair Teach About the U.S. Civil Rights Movement

3

(26)

Teaching History: The Nature of Pedagogy in History Classrooms

29

(28)

Part II Learning History

Learning History: What Blair's and Strait's Students Understand About History

57

(26)

Learning History: The Nature of Student Understanding in History Classrooms

83

(30)

Part III Testing History

Testing History: The Influence of State-Level Testing on Blair's and Strait's Practices

113

(16)

Testing History: The Nature of State-Level Testing in History Classrooms

129

(22)

Part IV Influences on and Prospects for Ambitious Teaching

The Influences on Teachers' Classroom Decisions

151

(36)

Promoting Ambitious Teaching and Learning

187

(26)

References

213

(16)

Author Index

229

(8)

Subject Index

237

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History Lessons: Teaching, Learning, and Testing in U.S. High School Classrooms

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