Identification with the historical subject ('us') does not change across grades¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2014 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2019: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The first person plural was used in the past tense in 61% of narratives with no significant difference between grades, χ²(1, N = 38) = 0.354, p = .55. → Mario Carretero & Floor van Alphen 2014

Evidence¶

Mario Carretero & Floor van Alphen 2014¶

Mario Carretero & Floor van Alphen. (2014). Do Master Narratives Change Among High School Students? A Characterization of How National History Is Represented. Cognition and Instruction, 32(3), 290-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/07370008.2014.919298

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Analysis of identification in the same 38-student interview sample, coded by use of us/we/our versus them/they/their in the spontaneous first part of the interview. The article reports 56% 'us' in 8th grade and 65% in 11th grade.

"The first person plural was used in the past tense in 61% of the narratives, with no significant difference between 8th graders and 11th graders, χ 2 (1, N = 38) = 0.354, p = .55."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Narratives of historical events become more complex from 8th to 11th grade — related
• Identification is statistically unrelated to the other three narrative characteristics — related
• Predominantly master-narrative accounts drop from 83% in 8th grade to 25% in 11th grade — related
• Nation concept shifts from essentialist to constructivist across grades — related
• Older students more often represent the historical subject as heterogeneous — related