Perfetti, Charles A.; Britt, M. Anne; Georgi, Mara C.
Contents: Preface, Stories, Causal Models, and Historical Literacy. Causal
Analysis in History. Part I: The Acquisition Story. The Learning Study:
Goals and Methods. Learning from the Texts. Reasoning About the Canal.
Individual Learners and Reasoners. Part II: The Return Controversy.
Learning and Reasoning About the 1977 Treaties Controversy. Reasoning About
a Hypothetical Scenario. Conclusions and Implications. Beyond Story
Learning. Appendices: Motifs, Events, and States of the Acquisition of the
Panama Canal. The Neutral Texts Used in Part 1. Opinion Statements. Short
Summaries Following Congressman X's Text (Part 1). Robbie's Long Summaries
Showing Learning of Treaty Information (Part 1). Student's Long Summaries
in Part 2.