Thinking Aloud about History: Children's and Adolescent's Responses to Historical Photographs.

Y

36

Adolescent Attitudes; Age Differences; Black Culture; Childhood Attitudes; Civil Rights; Critical Thinking; Elementary Secondary Education; History; Interpretive Skills; Interviews; Photographs; Racial Factors; Student Reaction

0093-3104

Explores third, sixth, and ninth grade students' interpretations of historical photographs. Finds that the students' ability to date the photographs and determine why the photographs were taken improved with age without differences in gender and race; differences in regard to race occurred in students' inferences about the peoples' lives portrayed in the photographs. (CMK)

2000

EJ608925