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sourcing heuristic: a standalone construct

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History education

the expert practice of reading a document's author and origin first and weighing it against other sources before trusting its content.

In history education, sourcing heuristic refers to the expert practice of reading a document's author and origin first and weighing it against other sources before trusting its content. This meaning comes from Wineburg (1991) in Journal of Educational Psychology.[1]

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References

Wineburg, S. S. (1991). Historical problem solving: A study of the cognitive processes used in the evaluation of documentary and pictorial evidence. Journal of Educational Psychology, 83(1), 73-87. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.83.1.73

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