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Yao, Cynthia C. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1989
The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum in Ann Arbor, Michigan, encourages the natural curiosity of young people to explore, participate, and get involved in exhibits, demonstrations, and activities. Described are the museum's history, exhibits, programs, services, volunteers, resources, and affiliations. (JDD)
Descriptors: Activities, Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Exhibits
Gelzheiser, Lynn M. – 1986
This report discusses four different types of instruction which enable learning disabled or low achieving students to learn well enough to transfer the skill to a novel situation. After asserting that generalization depends on systematic instruction, the paper describes the four procedures: (1) teacher-directed generalization; (2) direct…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization, Learning Disabilities

Dillbeck, Michael C. – Teaching of Psychology, 1983
By working through a series of problems, undergraduate psychology students in an introductory statistics course discover for themselves the main topic of the lesson. A lecture follows to conceptualize and clarify the topic. (RM)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Learning Activities

Phillips, Susan J.; Endslow, William – School Arts, 1981
Describes a museum experience for fourth, fifth, and sixth graders designed in the form of a treasure hunt/questionnaire. This tour format, which does not require the presence of an art specialist, was used at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Education, Discovery Learning, Educational Games, Field Trips
Eaton, Gail Mangan – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1989
Goals of the Children's Museum of Boston are to encourage curiosity, skepticism, and realism while providing opportunities for discoveries and new insights. The museum addresses the needs of young children through adolescents by providing a multicultural environment and participatory learning centers. (JDD)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Exhibits, Experiential Learning
Chancellor, Mindi Long – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1989
The inquiry approach of Discovery Place of Birmingham, Inc., in Birmingham, Alabama, invites children of all ages to explore the excitement of science, technology, art, and humanities. The educational resource center provides interactive exhibits, hands-on materials, teacher workshops, and family programs. (JDD)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Exhibits, Experiential Learning
Fielker, David S. – Mathematics Teaching, 1981
The process of investigating some of the properties of diagonals and other geometric concepts with a group of 11-year-old girls is presented. Possible changes that could have been made in the lesson are discussed, and examples of individual student work are provided. (MP)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts, Geometry

Yeargan, Howard; Hatcher, Barbara – Social Studies, 1985
Described is a project in which third graders create their own corporation--a cupcake factory--and learn first-hand about economic principles and the decisions that businesses must make in the market economy. The cupcake factory is one example of how enterprising educators can make economics comprehensible and captivating. (RM)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Course Descriptions, Discovery Learning, Economics Education
Wholf, Frances – Instructor, 1984
The Play and Learn program uses graphics in the playground to create a learning environment where children explore basic skills. The playground encourages student participation in large and small groups or cross-age tutoring. Several different graphics are illustrated and explained. (DF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Discovery Learning, Educational Games, Elementary Education

Trombulak, Stephen C. – Bioscience, 1995
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Discovery Learning, Higher Education
Segal, Morley; Fishel, Jeff – 1986
The teaching of politics and administration has much to gain from incorporating the experimental outlook of the field of Human Resources Development (HRD). Typically, instructors focus on the five goals in political science education (informational, analytical, synthetic, normative, and applied) separately, hoping that integration will occur…
Descriptors: Administration, Discovery Learning, Educational Innovation, Experimental Teaching
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Computer Services Branch. – 1985
This guide was developed to assist teachers in achieving goals related to the development of computer awareness in students in grades 4-6 in the Canadian province of Manitoba. An overview of the program describes a set of basic concepts, skills, and attitudes relating to computer technology, and provides information on activities that can be used…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Literacy, Discovery Learning, Foreign Countries

Dyche, Steven E. – Science and Children, 1985
Samara (winged seeds from maple and ash trees) can be used for open-ended inquiry or a series of directed science activities. Attributes, observations/inferences, drawing, motion, floating, seed structure, creative design, and measurement are some of the suggestions for classroom use of these seeds. (DH)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Botany, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education
Evans, Patricia – Mathematics Teaching, 1981
Details of pupil exploration as to the largest number of sides that a polygon could have on a geoboard are presented. The problem is not seen as open-ended, but many different avenues of pursuit stem from it. (MP)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts, Learning Activities

Scheff, Thomas J. – Teaching Sociology, 1992
Discusses a teaching method used by the author in his college sociology classes. Describes a method of active learning in which students are encouraged to discover interrelationships of parts and wholes on their own. Compares this discovery method to the Montessori method used in elementary education. (DK)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Discovery Learning, Higher Education, Montessori Method