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Morgan, Gordon D. – 1985
This booklet can help college instructors breathe life into sociology classes by showing students how sociology is "done" in the real world. Twenty-nine exercises demonstrate to students how data are collected, how data are used to support or refute ideas, how data are interpreted, and the questions raised by different methods of research. The…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Culture, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes
Download full textNorthup, Terry – 1974
The writings of 33 authors in either curriculum theory or social studies are analyzed to determine whether each author supports structure-discovery views, reflective-inquiry views, or expresses views that tend to reflect both positions or neither position regarding the new approaches to teaching social studies. The structure-discovery method is…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Educational History, Educational Philosophy
Kingman, Barry – 1976
Since history textbooks omit and/or emphasize certain data, students are left with a false sense of history. Although the "hard data" presented in history texts is generally regarded as reliable, the selection and organization of that data is inherently manipulative because other data has been excluded. Because authors do not begin with a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Data, Discovery Processes
Chuska, Kenneth R. – 1995
This publication is a practical guide for teachers to improve their questioning techniques and thus increase their students' motivation, participation, and higher-level thinking. Teachers are urged to re-examine their views on educational practices and develop a teaching plan which accentuates opportunities for student involvement, and allows…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discovery Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Holt, Bess-Gene – 1977
Chapter I provides a rationale for teaching science to young children; Chapter II discusses various ways children can learn science concepts; Chapter III gives suggestions on collecting and making materials and equipment, arranging the science area, planning outdoor learning, making science experiences happen, asking questions, etc. Chapter IV…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Discovery Processes, Early Childhood Education, Ecology
Recruitment Leadership and Training Inst., Philadelphia, PA. – 1975
This illustrated booklet, designed for parents of preschool children, suggests informal learning activities which have the potential to enhance the social, emotional, cognitive, motor, and language development of preschool children. Three categories of games and activities are presented: (1) language games, (2) mathematical concept games, and (3)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Creative Activities, Discovery Processes, Educational Games
Wells, Gordon – 1986
Based on a longitudinal study of language development, this book charts the language development of 32 British children from shortly after their first birthdays to the end of their elementary education, and explores a number of questions related to this development. Chapter 1 describes the children and their families, chapter 2 discusses the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
