The Evidence on Teaching

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Yes, on their own terms: lottery-assigned museum and theatre trips move blind-rated analysis of art, plot knowledge and tolerance by 0.08-0.18 SD weeks later, and a film of the same play moves nothing.

moderate supportconf: mediumgc: low
4/414/48connected:Does arts education raise academicDoes teaching visual art produce a

Are museum and theatre trips worth the day out of school? · arts · ages 8–18

Content-rich history teaching raises history knowledge (g 0.19-0.46) but not standardized reading in under three years; generic 'historical thinking' has no adequately controlled positive result.

moderate supportconf: mediumgc: low
17/1730/48connected:Background knowledge and vocabularDoes document-based source work mo

Should history be built on content knowledge or on generic historical-thinking skills? · history-civics · ages 5–18

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