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Colby, Sherri Rae. Students as Historians: The Historical Narrative
Inquiry Model's Impact on Historical Thinking and Historical Empathy. Doctor of
Philosophy (Curriculum and Instruction), December 2007, 338 pp., 9 tables, 19
illustrations, references, 279 titles.
The dissertation explores middle-school students' abilities to engage in
historical thinking. I dispute the Hallam-Piaget model, which discourages
analytical thinking through the assumption that children lack skills to think
critically about history. My historical narrative inquiry model (1) teaches
procedural knowledge (the process of "doing" history); (2) enhances
interpretative skills; (3) cultivates historical perspectives based upon evidentiary
history; and (4) encourages student authorship of historical narratives. In the fall
semester of 2006, with a classroom of twenty-five seventh-graders, I initiated a
research study designed to explore the impact of the historical narrative inquiry
model through a sequence of thirty-two lessons. The lessons involved small-
and large-group activities, including oral presentations, discussions about
primary documents, and consideration of the relation between narratology and
the creation of written history. Students generated their own historical narratives
in order to articulate their perspectives. Eight students having varied reading-
level proficiency served as primary participants in the study. Each of these
students received pre- and post-intervention interviews. Outcomes reflected the
enhancement of pedagogy intended to facilitate historical thinking and historical
empathy in the classroom.
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Colby, Sherri Rae. Students As Historians: The Historical Narrative Inquiry Model's Impact on Historical Thinking and Historical Empathy, dissertation, December 2007; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5192/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .