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Title: Decoding How Undergraduate Students Contextualize History Documents.
Authors: DiCostanzo, Ryan1, Discenza, Anthony2, Langone, Jenna3, McBrady, Jared4
Source: History Teacher. May2025, Vol. 58 Issue 3, p329-360. 32p.
Subject Terms: *Historical source material, *History students, *Undergraduates, *Teaching methods, *History education
Company/Entity: State University of New York College at Cortland
Abstract: The article examines how undergraduate students at State University of New York (SUNY) in Cortland contextualize historical documents, focusing on the cognitive challenges they face in developing expert-level historical thinking. Topics include the role of sourcing heuristics in document analysis, the use of background knowledge to construct historical context, the key bottlenecks in students' learning processes, and instructional strategies to improve their ability to read like historians.
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