Teaching Genocide through GIS: A Transformative Approach

Paul G. Fitchett; Amy J. Good

Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas Vol. 85, No. 3 (2012) pp. 87–92

The utilization of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and geobrowsers (Google Earth) have become increasingly prevalent in the study of genocide. These applications offer teachers and students the opportunity to analyze historical and...

Making Critical Connections between Social Studies Teaching and Student Achievement Using NAEP Data Explorer

Paul G. Fitchett; Tina L. Heafner

Teacher Educator Vol. 48, No. 4 (2013) pp. 296–310

In this analysis of promising practice, we demonstrate how social studies methods instructors can incorporate data analysis of the 2010 United States History National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP-USH) to facilitate pedagogical aims,...

Student demographics and teacher characteristics as predictors of elementary-age students' history knowledge: Implications for teacher education and practice

Paul G. Fitchett; Tina L. Heafner

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 67, No. 1 (October 2017) pp. 79–92

Using student- and teacher-level data from the United States National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), we attempted to disentangle the relationship among student demographics, teacher characteristics, and performance on the fourth grade...

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