The social context of learning and the assimilation of historical time concepts: An indicator of academic performance or an unreliable metric? From: Research in Education | Date: May 1, 2004| Author: Hodkinson, Alan | Copyright Manchester University Press May 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

This study critically considers the relationship between the social context of learning and the educational attainment of pupils in primary history.1 Using data gained from one component of a Ph.D. research study (Hodkinson, 2003a), I will demonstrate that previous measures of the social context of learning do not reveal themselves to be an effective determinant of educational performance within the development of historical time concepts. I contend that, within this area of conceptual develo...

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