Sonja Schoeman
The Historical Literacy of Secondary School Pupils: A Case Study of the Concept Causation
University of South Africa
history education development historical literacy pupils consequently understanding historical concepts causationthe purpose study contribute understanding cognitive processes involved learners causal explanation historical events teaching strategies could implemented classrooms enhance historical thinking understanding learnerstwo explanatory research questions formulateda nonexperimental research design involving quantitative data used studythe systematic probability sampling technique used identify sample studyfifty respondents five groups ten participated research projecta groupadministered questionnaire used collect datathe data analysed means descriptive statistical analysisthe study revealed different groups learners produced different historical explanations depending age knowledge experience historyan exemplar causation lesson engage pupils real historical thinking understanding included