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Full-Text Articles in Education
City On A Hill: A History Of American Exceptionalism (Book Review), James C. Schaap
City On A Hill: A History Of American Exceptionalism (Book Review), James C. Schaap
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Reviewed Title: City on a Hill: A History of American Exceptionalism by Abram C. Van Engen. Yale University Press, 2020. 379 pp. ISBN: 9780300229752.
Dr. Paul Fessler And Donald Roth, Sarah Moss
History Of The Muslim World, Sarah Moss
The Conference Of Faith And History At Fifty: Memoir And Challenge, Ronald A. Wells
The Conference Of Faith And History At Fifty: Memoir And Challenge, Ronald A. Wells
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Editor's note: This essay was presented as a plenary lecture at the Fiftieth Anniversary meeting of the Conference on Faith and History, held at Calvin College, now University, in October 2019. It was later published in Fides et Historia, the journal of the Conference. It is reprinted here with permission.
Shadowlands, James C. Schaap
Are Christian Schools Worth Having?, Robert Bruinsma
A Focus On "The Fossil Whale" From Moby-Dick, Channon Visscher
A Focus On "The Fossil Whale" From Moby-Dick, Channon Visscher
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Editor’s Note: This article was written for presentation at the faculty seminar on Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, in May of 2017, at Dordt College (now University).
Bringing Life To History, Kate Henreckson
Teaching History: Effective Teaching For Learning History - Chronological Vs. Thematic Approaches To Student Historical Comprehension, Shane Williams
Teaching History: Effective Teaching For Learning History - Chronological Vs. Thematic Approaches To Student Historical Comprehension, Shane Williams
Master of Education Program Theses
This action research study investigated the effects of different types of instruction on student learning of historical thinking. There are several instructional methods to teaching history but most fall into two major approaches: chronological or thematic. This study used twenty-eight high school students in two sections of a junior-senior World History course. The research project utilized three full eighteen day instructional units: The World War II unit was taught from the chronological perspective, the Cold War unit was taught from the thematic, and the instruction for the globalization unit utilized a blended approach or combination of the chronological and thematic …
Frances Burney's Evelina: A Critique Of The Ancient Regime And Plea For Its Moral Reform, Mary Dengler
Frances Burney's Evelina: A Critique Of The Ancient Regime And Plea For Its Moral Reform, Mary Dengler
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Reviewed Title: Evelina: Or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World (A Bedford Cultural Edition), ed. Kristina Straub (N. Y.: Bedford Books, 1997).
Dr. Dengler presented this article at the 2014 Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature, John Brown University, Siloam Springs, Arkansas, November, 2014.
Christian Reformed Church Christian Education, Scott Culpepper
Christian Reformed Church Christian Education, Scott Culpepper
Faculty Work Comprehensive List
One of seven articles written by Scott Culpepper for the book Encyclopedia of Christian Education, George Kurian and Mark Lamort, editors. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. 3 volumes (xxxv, 1630 pages). ISBN: 9780810884922.
Baylor University, Scott Culpepper
Baylor University, Scott Culpepper
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One of seven articles written by Scott Culpepper for the book Encyclopedia of Christian Education, George Kurian and Mark Lamort, editors. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. 3 volumes (xxxv, 1630 pages). ISBN: 9780810884922.
Teaching History With Google Earth, Joseph Jasper
Teaching History With Google Earth, Joseph Jasper
Student Work
Utilizing technology to teach subjects like history or geography can be more challenging than for other subjects. However, Google Earth is a tool that has an opportunity to create an interactive and visual experience that can be used instead of or in conjunction with a more traditional PowerPoint presentation. In this session, I will explain and demonstrate some ways in which I have explored using this tool in a classroom in order to have that more valuable educational experience, along with the results and reactions of its use.
Advanced Placement European History Exam Potentiality, Russell W. Herman
Advanced Placement European History Exam Potentiality, Russell W. Herman
Master of Education Program Theses
This research provides an additional predictive study with regard to AP exam scores. This study correlates the following criteria with AP European History exam scores: cumulative high school Grade Point Average (GPA); average grade (%) in European History; Iowa Test of Educational Development (ITED) Reading and Vocabulary scores; Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) Writing, Reading (Verbal) and Math scores; ACT Reading and English scores; average minutes per day studied; and average days per week studied. The research uses the student's AP score as the criterion variable and the variables listed above as the predictor variables. The need for …
Understandable Worry, Understandable Frustration: The Christian Reformed Church's Long Journey From One College To Multiple Colleges: 1916-1962, Nicholas Davelaar
Understandable Worry, Understandable Frustration: The Christian Reformed Church's Long Journey From One College To Multiple Colleges: 1916-1962, Nicholas Davelaar
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Historical Studies And Creational Development: Constructing A History Program In Light Of A Reformed Perspective, Paul Otto
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Dr. Otto presented this paper at Covenant College in the spring of 2002.
God And Nature: Historical Essays On The Encounter Between Christianity And Science (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma
God And Nature: Historical Essays On The Encounter Between Christianity And Science (Book Review), Calvin Jongsma
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Reviewed Title: God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter Between Christianity and Science, edited by David C. Lindberg and Ronald L. Numbers (Berkeley: University of California Press) 1986. xi + 516 pp.
Perspectives On The Christian Reformed Church: Studies In Its History, Theology, And Ecumenicity (Book Review), Case J. Boot
Perspectives On The Christian Reformed Church: Studies In Its History, Theology, And Ecumenicity (Book Review), Case J. Boot
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Reviewed Title: Perspectives on the Christian Reformed Church: Studies in its History, Theology, and Ecumenicity, by Peter De Klerk and Richard R. De Ridder, Editors, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Baker Book House, 1983.
Science, Technology, And Society: A Historical Perspective, Elwood Baas
Science, Technology, And Society: A Historical Perspective, Elwood Baas
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