Abstract

The National Assessment of Educational Progress shows that many US students are deficient in core knowledge in geography, civics and current events. In this paper, a professor of social studies methods describes an action research project developed to assess and improve teacher candidates’ knowledge in these areas. The article explains how data were collected, analyzed and interpreted to yield three concrete, easy to implement teaching strategies that substantially improved students’ knowledge in geography, civics and current events. These strategies can be used in other subject areas as well. The research method and the resulting three strategies are described in detail.

Details

Title
USING TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTED STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE PRE-SERVICE TEACHER PREPARATION IN SOCIAL STUDIES
Author
Bafumo, Mary Ellen; Noel, Andrea M
Pages
40-49
Section
Articles
Publication year
2014
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Canadian Association of Action Research in Education
ISSN
19257147
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2822678145
Copyright
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