Phillip J Vanfossen

Biographic Data

ID6100102
NAMEPhillip J Vanfossen
GIVEN NAMESPhillip J
FAMILY NAMEVanfossen
SIGNATUREVANFOSSEN P J
AFFILIATIONSSUNY Geneseo
ORCID0000-0002-5786-9781
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1994
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
H-INDEX1

  • “It is just easier to do what you did before…”: An Update on Internet Use in Secondary Social Studies Classrooms in Indiana

    Phillip J Vanfossen, Robert A WatersonARTICLETheory & Research in Social…2008

    This study replicated a 1999 survey study of classroom Internet use by social studies teachers (6–12) in Indiana. The 1999 study indicated that although 80% wished to be using it more often, respondents' Internet use was little more than “glorified information gathering.” The present study modified the same instrument to survey a random sample of secondary social studies teachers in Indiana in order to determine what, if any, changes had occurred…

  • “Reading and math take so much of the time…”: An Overview of Social Studies Instruction in Elementary Classrooms in Indiana1

    Phillip J VanfossenARTICLETheory & Research in Social…2005

    This study reports the results of a comprehensive survey (59 fixed and 3 open-ended response items) of a stratified (by grade) random sample of K-5 teachers in Indiana (n = 594; response rate = 49.5%). Results indicated that social studies is becoming increasingly marginalized in the K-5 curriculum relative to other core subject areas (e.g., math and reading). Evidence from the study suggests that three factors may play a role in this marginaliza…

  • Using the Internet to Create Primary Source Teaching Packets

    Phillip J Vanfossen, Phillip Vanfossen et al.ARTICLEThe Social Studies2000Cited by: 1References: 1

    Additional informationNotes on contributorsJames M. ShiveleyPHILLIP J. VANFOSSEN is an assistant professor of social studies and the director of the James J. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. JAMES M. SHIVELEY is an associate professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio

  • Teachers' Rationales for High School Economics

    Phillip J VanfossenARTICLETheory & Research in Social…2000References: 3

    One widely held rationale for economic education is that it helps develop students who possess an economic way of thinking that can produce better economic problem solvers and citizens. Little has been written about whether classroom teachers of economics hold similar goals and/or rationales for their economics courses. This preliminary study was designed to gather data on two broad questions: (a) what reasons do teachers give for teaching high s…

  • Things That Make You Go “Hmmm… ”: Creating Inquiry “Problems” in the Elementary Social Studies Classroom

    Phillip J Vanfossen, James M ShiveleyARTICLEThe Social Studies1997

    (1997). Things That Make You Go “Hmmm... ”: Creating Inquiry “Problems” in the Elementary Social Studies Classroom. The Social Studies: Vol. 88, No. 2, pp. 71-77

  • Assessing Expertise in Economic Problem Solving: A Model

    Steven L Miller, Phillip J VanfossenARTICLETheory & Research in Social…1994References: 5

    In this preliminary study, the authors examine the research literature and schematic models associated with the so-called expert-novice paradigm in cognitive psychology. Using this broad base, they develop a model for rendering expertise in problem solving within the domain of economics. Three principles-based economic problems were posed to three academic economists and two novices in the domain. Responses were given verbally; they were recorded…