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Japanese American Youth In Topaz Relocation Center, Utah: An Oral History, Akiko J. Tohmatsu
Japanese American Youth In Topaz Relocation Center, Utah: An Oral History, Akiko J. Tohmatsu
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This project examines Japanese American youth in Topaz High School, a school set up in a War Relocation Center during 1942 to 1945. It looks at what students were taught there, as well as what they felt, thought, heard, and saw.
Oral histories collected from Japanese American former internees constitute the main methodology. An oral history enables us to know the feelings and emotions involved in evacuation at the same time as it provides us with more human insight, such as human perspectives and personal reminiscences, which are not available in historical, social, or political accounts.
Findings of this project …
American History And Teaching Critical Thinking, James M. Miller
American History And Teaching Critical Thinking, James M. Miller
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The effect of teaching critical thinking as part of a continuous progress packet in American history was studied at Cedar High School during the 1969-70 school year. An experimental group using the critical thinking packet was compared with a control group that used a continuous progress packet that taught only American history.
The dependent variables for the study were the STEP (Sequential Test of Educational Progress), Social Studies portion, and the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal. No statistically significant differences were found between the groups in either American history or critical thinking.
Differences in critical thinking ability, though not significant statistically, …